Last minute Itinerari Valfabbrica

Valfabbrica and outskirts

In the middle of the historical centre there's the Torrione, imposing structure defensive of the city, from which departs a boundaries line dated 1200. Perhaps it's the ancient door of the city. Nearby a second tower rises, reconstructed in last century, today became a bell tower.

The Church of Santa Maria Assunta is what remains of the ancient Benedictine abbey and dates back to 820 AC. Thanks to the presence of the monks in the territory an area of swampland was reclaimed next to the banks of the river Chiascio, from which grew the city of Valfabbrica. The history of these places since then become interwoven without halting the activity and the presence of the abbey. Today to visit a chapel will display the restored interior which has preserved an important fresco of the '300s, the only example in Umrian territory of the school of Cimabue.

Casacastalda is a medieval suburb risen in the neighbourhood a castle built around 763 A.C. by the longobard Ernero Castaldo. The village is marvellously preserved and maintains intact its structure, made of tangled lstreets, and ancient buildings. In the church of Santa Maria Assunta its' possible to admire a precious triptyc of Matteo da Gualdo.