Monteleone: between Rite and Myth

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The Biga Museum
The Biga Museum, situated at the former Franciscan monastery, houses the size replica (made by the School of the master Manzù in 1985) of a Greek-Italic parade chariot of VI century B.C., found in 1902 in Colle del Capitano, and since 1903 preserv...
Pago and Brufa Castle
The castle, called Brufa (880), is then named Monte Leone (1250-60). It is destroyed several times by the constantly quarrel with Spoleto and Cascia. It becomes papal possession under Pio IV and a prosperous period begins until the earthquake of 1...
Park of the Remembrance and War Memorial
The Park of the Remembrance is built in 1922-23 on the scenic site of the garden of the Franciscan monastery. At the center there is the War Memorial during the Great War, which then has even the names of the fallen during II World War. A stele in...
The Market Square
The Market Square is founded in the sixteenth century, with the move of the administrative and social life from the feudal castle area downstream, becoming the new hub of city life and accepting, under its covered porch, the municipal cups with me...
Fonte Gate or San Giacomo Gate
Porta della Fonte or Porta di San Giacomo reminds both the road leading to the original water source of the “Coppo di Nempe” and the nearby complex of San Giacomo. It is characterized by some fragments of the original structure (alread...
The Clock Tower Gate
The Clock Tower Gate is part of XIII century walls. On the tower there are a clock and a memory of 1910 (celebrating the arrival of the Piedmont troops in 1860). Under the arch there is a copy of the post hole of 1707 (the original one is in the H...
Santa Caterina Gate or Nuns Gate
Santa Caterina Gate or Nuns Gate, situated near the Monastery and the Bulwark of the Nuns, preserves the remains of a wooden door and traces of the springer of the vault of the tower. On the arch there is the coat of arms and on a jamb there is a ...
Spoletina Gate or San Giovanni Gate
Spoletina Gate, also known as San Giovanni Gate for its proximity to the homonymous church, has a bow arched with the civic coat of arms and on the surrounding walls there are traces of defensive structures. On the external front there is an inscr...
Rescia
Rescia, characterized by a pristine and wooded area, has compacted blocks around the church of SS. Gioacchino and Anna, in whose square is kept a boundary column between the Kingdom of Naples and the Papal States. The local "Salimberto Source...
Ruscio
Ruscio, important for the production of iron and coal, has now three significant religious buildings. Historical headquarter of the Papal Customs, Ruscio has been a place of transit of illustrious people, such as the future Pope Pio IX (28 March 1...
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