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Village · Montefalcione (AV)

Historic Centre of Montefalcione

  • Visit: about 1 h 10 min
  • 536 m
Pictured: Montefalcione · Citterio · CC BY-SA 3.0 · resized and cropped

Village of ancient origin that grew around the Lombard castle, with the church of Santa Maria in Cielo and Piazza dell'Olmo.

The territory of Montefalcione was already inhabited in Roman times, as tombs, vessels and inscriptions found here show. With the invasions that followed the end of the empire, the population moved to places harder to reach, and the Lombards built a castle on the town's highest and steepest hill.Around the fortress the first settlement grew, with the church of Santa Maria in Cielo, the abbey and Piazza dell'Olmo; lower down, for trade, the district called Borgo or Taverna arose. We recommend climbing up towards Piazza Marconi and then going down towards the Borgo to discover the town's two souls.

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