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Monteleone d'Orvieto

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Country
  
Italy

Elevation
  
500 m (1,600 ft)

Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

Postal code
  
05017

Local time
  
Saturday 2:35 AM

Dialling code
  
0763

Province / Metropolitan city
  
Terni (TR)

Demonym(s)
  
Monteleonesi

Area
  
23.9 km²

Province
  
Province of Terni

Region
  
Umbria

Monteleone d'Orvieto

Frazioni
  
Colle, San Lorenzo, Santa Maria, Spiazzolino

Weather
  
7°C, Wind NE at 5 km/h, 66% Humidity

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Monteleone d'Orvieto is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Terni in the Italian region Umbria, located about 35 km southwest of Perugia and about 60 km northwest of Terni.

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Map of 05017 Monteleone D'orvieto Province of Terni, Italy

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History

According to 16th century historian Cipriano Manente, Monteleone was founded by the comune of Orvieto in 1052, as a castle guarding its northern boundaries. In 1373 Emperor Charles IV assigned it to the viscounts of Turrena, and later it was contended by several local barons such as the Corbara family and a nephew of Pope Sixtus IV. In 1481 it was returned to Orvieto.

In 1643, during the War of Castro fought between the Barberini Pope Urban VIII and the house of Farnese, Monteleone was besieged and destroyed by the troops of Florence.

Main sights

  • Remains of the medieval walls, including the northern gate.
  • Church of SS. Apostoli Pietro e Paolo. It houses a Madonna with Child between Sts. Paul and Peter, once attributed to Perugino but most kiley from his collaborator Giacomo di Ser Guglielmo of Città della Pieve.
  • Church of SS. Crocifisso (17th century)
  • Medieval Torrione ("Big Tower"), offering a wide panorama of Umbria, Tuscany and Lazio.
  • Castel Brandetto (11th century, destroyed in 1350). Now it is a private-owned residence showing few remains of the medieval edifice.

    • References

    Monteleone d'Orvieto Wikipedia
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