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Castrum Felicitatis and Civitas Castelli

Ancient center of the Umbrian – an Italic people believed to have come to Italy in the 2nd millennium BC who never submitted to Etruscans –  it was a flourishing roman ‘Municipio’ called Tifernum Tiberinum. Pliny the Younger mentioned it in his letters and here built a temple, in the second century. In the fourth century Crescenziano, a roman legionary,  preached the Gospel and it is said that Tifernum was destroyed by Totila and rebuilt by the Bishop Florido. In the Lombard era the town was called Castrum Felicitatis and then, in the Middle Ages, was a Guelph – sympathetic to the papacy – free town, known as “Civitas Castelli”. Its territory extends beyond the Appennine Mountains. Palazzo dei Priori and Palazzo del Podestà, in the old town, date back from the 14th century.

Sometimes the town was free and other times it was controlled by the Papal State,  Perugia or Florence.

At times, the town was free and at other times it was controlled by the Church, Perugia or Florence. For a while it was governed by Pietramala and in the 1300’s Branca Guelfucci commanded. Braccio Fortebraccio occupied the town in 1422 and there was internal fighting between the Tarlati, Giustini and Fucci families until the Vitelli family took control. They filled the town with beautiful palaces and works of art. With Cesare Borgia it finally fell into the hands of the Church State although the Vitelli family continued to govern locally. In the following centuries the town was penalized by papal dominion and a lack of communications, so gradually declined. Freedom and unification were finally achieved in 1860, when the Piedmont troops arrived.

The Second World War had a devastating effect on town

World War II had a devastating effect, the passage of the front brought devastation and death. The city suffered until Liberation.

Shortly before, our fellow citizen, Lieutenant Colonel Venanzio Gabriotti, was shot by the Nazi-fascists on 9 May 1944.  His name was given to Piazza del Duomo to remember him.

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san-francesco

Church of San Francesco

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Municipal Theatre – Teatro degli Illuminati

comunale

Town Hall

torre-civica

Civic Tower

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‘Umbri’ and ‘Etruscans’

clarisse

“Clarisse Murate” Convent

campanile-cilindrico

The romanic bell tower

podesta

Palazzo del Podestà

plinio

Tifernum Tiberinum in Roman Era

veronica

“Cappuccine di Santa Veronica” monastery

cattedrale

The Cathedral

torrione

“Il Torrione”

giardinopin

Palazzo Vitelli alla Cannoniera

longobardi

Castrum Felicitatis – The domination of the Lombards

seminario

seminary

san-francesco

Church of San Francesco

vitelli-sangiacomo

Palazzo Vitelli a San Giacomo

comune

Civitatis Castelli – The age of Communes

sacrocuore

Istituto Sacro Cuore

san-domenico

Church and Cloister of San Domenico

vitelli-santegidio

Palazzo Vitelli a Sant’Egidio

vitelli

the Renaissance and the Vitelli Family Lordship

chiesa_zoccolanti

Frati Minori degli Zoccolanti Convent

santa-mariamaggiore

Church of Santa Maria Maggiore

bufalini

Palazzo Bufalini

pontificio

The Papal State

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A civilization linked to the Tiber River

madonnadelle-grazie

Madonna delle Grazie Shrine

unitaditalia

Freedom, independence and unification of Italy

buonconsiglio

Church of Buonconsiglio

vescovile

Bishop’s Palace

chiesa_zoccolanti

Church of Zoccolanti

ospedale

The Old Hospital

gabriotti

War of liberation

santuario-di-belvedere

Madonna di Belvedere Shrine

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Palazzo Vitelli in piazza

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Basilica e Pieve di Canoscio

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Church of Santa Maria and Sant’Egidio in Badia Petroia

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Saint Crescentino Oratory in Morra

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