Scheggia e Pascelupo is a ''

comune The (; plural: ) is a local administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions ('' regioni'') and provinces (''province''). The can also ...

'' (municipality) in the

Province of Perugia The Province of Perugia ( it, Provincia di Perugia) is the larger of the two provinces in the Umbria region of Italy, comprising two-thirds of both the area and population of the region. Its capital is the city of Perugia. The province covered al ...

in the

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region

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, located about 40 km northeast of

Perugia Perugia (, , ; lat, Perusia) is the capital city of Umbria in central Italy, crossed by the River Tiber, and of the province of Perugia. The city is located about north of Rome and southeast of Florence. It covers a high hilltop and pa ...

. The municipal seat is located in the main village of Scheggia, just below

Scheggia Pass The Scheggia Pass is a pass in Italy that marks the division between the Central and Northern Apennines. It is in northern Umbria and lies between Gubbio and Cagli at 632 meters. It opens up as a natural plateau near the border with the territory ...

on Route ''SS/SR 3 Flaminia'', following the ancient Via Flaminia.

History

The site was a Roman '' Mansio'' (an official stopping place) named ''Mutatio ad Hensem'' on the Via Flaminia, at the crossing with the path

Gubbio Gubbio () is an Italian town and ''comune'' in the far northeastern part of the Italian province of Perugia (Umbria). It is located on the lowest slope of Mt. Ingino, a small mountain of the Apennines. History The city's origins are very ancient. ...

– Sassoferrato, which here crossed the

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.AA. VV. (2004), p. 260 Near the pass, according to the

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, lay the ''

temple of Jupiter Apenninus A temple (from the Latin ) is a building reserved for spiritual rituals and activities such as prayer and sacrifice. Religions which erect temples include Christianity (whose temples are typically called churches), Hinduism (whose temples ...

'', one of the largest sanctuaries of the

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, of which no traces have been found so far. In the 12th century the village was a possession of the Hermitage of

Fonte Avellana Fonte Avellana or the Venerable Hermitage of the Holy Cross, is a Roman Catholic hermitage in Serra Sant'Abbondio in the Marche region of Italy. It was once also the name of an order of hermits based at this hermitage. History Fonte Avellana wa ...

, founded by

Saint Romuald Romuald ( la, Romualdus; 951 – traditionally 19 June, c. 1025/27 AD) was the founder of the Camaldolese order and a major figure in the eleventh-century "Renaissance of eremitical asceticism".John Howe, "The Awesome Hermit: The Symbolic ...

on the slope of

Monte Catria The Monte Catria is a mountain in the central Apennines, in the province of Pesaro e Urbino, Marche, central Italy. The highest peak is at above sea level. It is a massif of limestone rocks dating to some 200 million years ago. Historically, ...

. This retreat later became a large

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monastery, which ruled on the whole territory around Scheggia. Later the village became a possession of

and then of the

Montefeltro Montefeltro is a historical and geographical region in Marche, which was historically part of Romagna. It gave its name to the Montefeltro family, who ruled in the area during the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. Regions of Italy Overview Montef ...

, until it became part of the

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. In 1444 near the village were possibly found the

Iguvine Tablets The Iguvine Tablets, also known as the Eugubian Tablets or Eugubine Tables, are a series of seven bronze tablets from ancient Iguvium (modern Gubbio), Italy, written in the ancient Italic language Umbrian. The earliest tablets, written in the na ...

, the most important document of the

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.AA. VV. (2004), p. 243 Pascelupo, autonomous municipality until 1878, merged with Scheggia forming the current municipality.

Borders

Scheggia e Pascelupo, located close to the borders with the Marche region, borders with the following municipalities:

Cantiano Cantiano is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Pesaro e Urbino in the Italian region Marche, located about 100 km (62 mi) west of Ancona and about 70 km (44 mi) southwest of Pesaro. The Burano Burano is an i ...

Costacciaro Costacciaro is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Perugia in the Italian region Umbria, located about 40 km northeast of Perugia. It is a medieval burgh, which, after the rule of Perugia and Gubbio, became part of the Papal States ...

, Frontone,

, Sassoferrato, and

Serra Sant'Abbondio Serra Sant'Abbondio is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Pesaro e Urbino in the Italian region Marche, located about west of Ancona and about south of Pesaro. It is the home of the historic hermitage of Fonte Avellana Fonte Avell ...

Main sights

The abbey of

Sant'Emiliano in Congiuntoli Sant' Emiliano in Congiuntoli is a medieval abbey, now disused and private property, serving as a farmhouse in the ''comune'' (township) of Scheggia e Pascelupo in Umbria, central Italy. The large and almost windowless church is a powerfully auste ...

is situated close to the municipality.

References

Sources

External links

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Scheggia e Pascelupo official website
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