Last minute Itinerari Bevagna

The town Bevagna

One building and three churches surround the most eccentric square that can be imagined. A confusion of styles and epochs are mixed in a result that strikes and never ends to surprise. The definitive order of the central square goes up to the XII-XIII century, epoch in which the Palazzo dei Consoli is built, around 1270, with a splendid succession of mullioned windows in Gothic style and an open gallery covered by cross vaults. Actually is centre of the Teatro Torti, installed in the building since 1886.

Besides that, we find the San Silvestro Church, incomplete in the Romanesque façade, built in 1195 by Brunello the architect teacher of the marble. After a few years always the same Brunello, with Ridolfo's help, realised the Church of San Michele Arcangelo, as well Romanesque style, with a beautiful portal embellished by capitals. There's another beautiful portal, the one of the San Domenico Church, built in 1291.

Among the city it is not difficult to meet structures, friezes and Roman columns, rests of the I and II century above which residences are built.

The most interesting Roman part is the Forum, next to which is possible to see the ruins of a temple, the thermal baths frigidarium and a marvellous mosaic decorated with two colours tesserae of the II century.

The boundaries surrounding the centre are full of towers and bastions, ploughed by doors that allow the entrance to the city heart, and made by suggestive little streets, narrow and tangled alleys, along which are dislocated wine cellars and artisans shops still continuing their own job.