Discovering Corridoio Bizantino (Byzantine
Corridor), street of communication garrisoned by fortresses, castles and
fortitudes
The conformation of the territory of
Lisciano
Niccone is strongly characterised by the strategic importance assumed with
the realisation of the so-called
Corriodio Bizantino, a street of
communication that connected
Rome to
Ravenna, protected along its
run from castles and structures of fortification. So today remains on the bank
of Lisciano a good number of defensive buildings built around the year 1000
(some sustain that goes back even to the centuries VI and VII), that recall
those built on the opposite Tuscan bank. The defensive system foresaw the
construction of a couples of strengthened structures one in front of the other,
set to garrison the Corridor. One of them is the
Castello of Lisciano,
built around the IX-X century, others are the
Castello of Sorbello and
the
Castello of Reschio, just at the border between
Umbria and
Tuscany.
They were built just before the XI century, and for a long time contended among
the local dominions of
Cittā dei Castello,
Florence and
Perugia for its dominant strategic position. The state of their maintenance is good and
introduces many of its Renaissance characters, sign of the remaking of which
they were object during the time.
All these places can be visited thanks to
the numerous itineraries and
Trekking Itineraries suitable on the
territory, to make afoot or with horse. With its 700 scarce inhabitants, its
hills, the green valley of the
river Niccone, Lisciano offers serenity,
calm, peace and the ancient harmony of its landscapes, absorbed in an oasis of
particular environmental merit.
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