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Bettona
Bettona (Latin: ''Vettona'') is an ancient town and comune of Italy, in the province of Perugia in central Umbria at the northern edge of the Colli Martani range. It is 5 km (3 mi) E of Torgiano and 12 km (7 mi) SW of Assisi. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy"). Passaggio, Colle, and Cerreto are frazioni of the comune. History The town is of Etruscan origin; its people are first referred to iPliny, NH III.114 (''Vettonenses'') After that its people are mentioned in inscriptions and works by ancient authors. Vettona was once the seat of a bishopric. While legend associates two other bishops with the see, the only historically-documented bishop was named Gaudentius, who took part in a synod at Rome called by Pope Hilarius in 465. The synod was held in the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore and the record of that synod is the oldest surviving record of a Roman synod. Under the Latin name Bettonium the bishopr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bettona Z04
Bettona (Latin: ''Vettona'') is an ancient town and comune of Italy, in the province of Perugia in central Umbria at the northern edge of the Colli Martani range. It is 5 km (3 mi) E of Torgiano and 12 km (7 mi) SW of Assisi. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy"). Passaggio, Colle, and Cerreto are frazioni of the comune. History The town is of Etruscan origin; its people are first referred to iPliny, NH III.114 (''Vettonenses'') After that its people are mentioned in inscriptions and works by ancient authors. Vettona was once the seat of a bishopric. While legend associates two other bishops with the see, the only historically-documented bishop was named Gaudentius, who took part in a synod at Rome called by Pope Hilarius in 465. The synod was held in the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore and the record of that synod is the oldest surviving record of a Roman synod. Under the Latin name Bettonium the bishopri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crispoldus
Saint Crispoldus (sometimes ''Cyspolitus'', ''Crispoltus'', ''Chrysopolitus'', ) is venerated as a 1st-century Christianity, Christian martyr. He is the patron saint of Bettona, in Umbria, and said to have been the first bishop of that city, although the dioceses of diocese of Nocera, Nocera and diocese of Foligno, Foligno also include his name in episcopal lists.Giuseppe Cappelletti, ''Le chiese d'Italia della loro origine sino ai nostri giorni'' (Venice, 1846), 398. According to a legendary ''Passio'' of the 12th century, Crispoldus was a native of Jerusalem and one of the Seventy Disciples; in 58 AD Crispoldus was sent to Italy by Saint Peter to preach Christianity there. Crispoldus traveled to Umbria and performed miracles at the town of Bettona. He was consecrated bishop of Bettona by St. Brictius (Brizio), who was bishop of Massa Martana. Britius is also named as a bishop of Spoleto and of Foligno. According to Giuseppe Cappelletti, Britius may have been a regional bis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint Crispoldus
Saint Crispoldus (sometimes ''Cyspolitus'', ''Crispoltus'', ''Chrysopolitus'', ) is venerated as a 1st-century Christian martyr. He is the patron saint of Bettona, in Umbria, and said to have been the first bishop of that city, although the dioceses of Nocera and Foligno also include his name in episcopal lists.Giuseppe Cappelletti, ''Le chiese d'Italia della loro origine sino ai nostri giorni'' (Venice, 1846), 398. According to a legendary ''Passio'' of the 12th century, Crispoldus was a native of Jerusalem and one of the Seventy Disciples; in 58 AD Crispoldus was sent to Italy by Saint Peter to preach Christianity there. Crispoldus traveled to Umbria and performed miracles at the town of Bettona. He was consecrated bishop of Bettona by St. Brictius (Brizio), who was bishop of Massa Martana. Britius is also named as a bishop of Spoleto and of Foligno. According to Giuseppe Cappelletti, Britius may have been a regional bishop, rather than a bishop of a particular diocese, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colle, Bettona
Colle is a ''frazione'' of the ''comune'' of Bettona in the Province of Perugia, Umbria, central Italy. It stands at an elevation of 230 metres above sea level. At the time of the Istat The Italian National Institute of Statistics (; Istat) is the primary source of official statistics in Italy. The institute conducts a variety of activities, including the census of population, economic censuses, and numerous social, economic, a ... census of 2001 it had 114 inhabitants. References Frazioni of Bettona {{Umbria-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Passaggio, Bettona
Passaggio is a ''frazione'' of the ''comune'' of Bettona in the Province of Perugia, Umbria, central Italy. It stands at an elevation of 202 metres above sea level. At the time of the Istat The Italian National Institute of Statistics (; Istat) is the primary source of official statistics in Italy. The institute conducts a variety of activities, including the census of population, economic censuses, and numerous social, economic, a ... census of 2001 it had 896 inhabitants. References Frazioni of Bettona {{Umbria-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cerreto, Bettona
Cerreto is a ''frazione'' of the ''comune'' of Bettona in the Province of Perugia, Umbria, central Italy. It stands at an elevation of 190 metres above sea level. At the time of the Istat The Italian National Institute of Statistics (; Istat) is the primary source of official statistics in Italy. The institute conducts a variety of activities, including the census of population, economic censuses, and numerous social, economic, a ... census of 2001 it had 65 inhabitants. References Frazioni of Bettona {{Umbria-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Umbria
Umbria ( ; ) is a Regions of Italy, region of central Italy. It includes Lake Trasimeno and Cascata delle Marmore, Marmore Falls, and is crossed by the Tiber. It is the only landlocked region on the Italian Peninsula, Apennine Peninsula. The regional capital is Perugia. The region is characterized by hills, mountains, valleys and historical towns such as the university centre of Perugia, Assisi (a World Heritage Site associated with Francis of Assisi, St. Francis of Assisi), Terni, Norcia, Città di Castello, Gubbio, Spoleto, Orvieto, Todi, Castiglione del Lago, Narni, Amelia, Umbria, Amelia, Spello and other small cities. Geography Umbria is bordered by Tuscany to the west and the north, Marche to the east and Lazio to the south. Partly hilly and mountainous, and partly flat and fertile owing to the valley of the Tiber, its topography includes part of the central Apennine Mountains, Apennines, with the highest point in the region at Monte Vettore on the border of Marche, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Borghi Più Belli D'Italia
() is a non-profit private association of small Italian towns of strong historical and artistic interest, that was founded in March 2001 on the initiative of the Tourism Council of the National Association of Italian Municipalities, with the aim of preserving and maintaining villages of quality heritage. Its motto is ("The charm of hidden Italy"). Participants in the group are small population centres which risk neglect and abandonment because they lie outside the main tourist circuits. Initially they comprised about a hundred villages, but had increased to 361 in 2023. In 2012, the Italian association was one of the founding members of the international association The Most Beautiful Villages in the World, a private organization that brings together various territorial associations promoting small inhabited centres of particular historical and landscape interest. Description Admission criteria The criteria for admission to the association meet the following requirements: in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacopo Siculo
Jacopo Siculo, also known as Giacomo Santoro da Giuliana (1490-1544) was an Italian painter of the Renaissance, mainly active in Umbria. Biography He was born in Sicily. By 1519, he was in Rome working under Baldassarre Peruzzi. He likely abandoned Rome after the Sack of Rome in 1527, and settled in Spoleto, where he married one of the daughters of Giovanni di Pietro (lo Spagna). He painted frescoes (ca. 1535) for the Chapel of the Assumption in the Spoleto Cathedral. He also painted a fresco altarpiece for the Spinelli Chapel in the church of Santa Maria de Loreto in Spoleto. For the church in Brizio, outside of Spoleto, he painted an altarpied and frescoes in the presbytery (1541-2). In Bettona, he painted a ''Virgin in Glory with Saints'' altarpiece (1547), now in the Pinacoteca Civica. In Norcia, he painted an altarpiece for the Franciscan Convent of the Annunziata, depicting the ''Coronation of the Virgin'' (1541) and other panels, now in the city museum. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torgiano
Torgiano is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Perugia in the Italy, Italian region Umbria, located about 10 km southeast of Perugia. Torgiano borders the following municipalities: Bastia Umbra, Bettona, Deruta, Perugia. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy"). History Probably founded by the Etruscans, Torgiano is situated on a hill overlooking the confluence of the Chiascio and Tiber rivers. In Roman times it was called ''Turris Amnium''. Torgiano DOC The Italian wine DOC around Torgiano produced red and white blends, as well as varietal Cabernet Sauvignon and Chardonnay wines, provided the named grapes account for at least 85% of the wine. Grapes for DOC production are limited to harvest (wine), harvest yields of 12 tonnes/ha with finished red wines needing a minimum alcohol level of 12% and finished whites needing at least 10.5% alcohol. The DOC red wines are blends of 50-70% Sangiovese, 15-30% Canaiolo, 10% Trebbi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dono Doni
Dono Doni, also known as Adone Doni or Dono dei Doni (1505-1575) was an Italian painter of the Renaissance period active mainly in Umbria. Biography Doni was born at Assisi. While Luigi Lanzi, Lanzi and others claim he was a disciple of Pietro Perugino, the first we know of Doni was that in 1530 he was an assistant to Giovanni di Pietro (lo Spagna) at San Giacomo in Spoleto. In the church of San Francesco, at Perugia, is a picture depicting the ''Last Judgment'' by Doni;' and one of the ''Adoration of the Kings'' is in San Pietro, Perugia, San Pietro in the same city. He worked chiefly at Assisi. For the church of San Crispolto of Bettona, he painted an ''Adoration of the Shepherds'' (1543), now at the Pinacoteca Civica of the town. For the Ciccoli family chapel at the church of San Francesco in Bevagna, he painted a ''Madonna and Child'' (ca. 1565), now in the city picture gallery. In Foligno, he painted a fresco depicting the ''Nativity with St Lucy'' (1544) for the monaste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perugino
Pietro Perugino ( ; ; born Pietro Vannucci or Pietro Vanucci; – 1523), an Italian Renaissance painter of the Umbrian school, developed some of the qualities that found classic expression in the High Renaissance. Raphael became his most famous pupil. Early years Pietro Vannucci was born in Città della Pieve, Umbria, the son of Cristoforo Maria Vannucci. His nickname characterizes him as from Perugia, the chief city of Umbria. Scholars continue to dispute the socioeconomic status of the Vannucci family. While certain academics maintain that Vannucci worked his way out of poverty, others argue that his family was among the wealthiest in the town. His exact date of birth is not known, but based on his age at death that was mentioned by Giorgio Vasari, Vasari and Giovanni Santi, it is believed that he was born between 1446 and 1452. Pietro most likely began studying painting in local workshops in Perugia such as those of Bartolomeo Caporali or Fiorenzo di Lorenzo. The date of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
