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Campello sul Clitunno

Introduction

 

In the province of Perugia, 45 km away from Perugia, on the way between Foligno and Spoleto lies this magnificent town for a quiet walk. Campello sul Clitunno is where the river is born. The Fonti del Clitunno is in this town where a precious scenery seems coming out from a fairy tale: a quiet lake, beautiful gardens and pure water springs and luxuriant vegetation make it dreamlike.

Campello sul Clitunno is famed for its olive oil. In the Antiquity pilgrims used to flock here expecting to obtain gods’ advice. One of them was Caligula. Plays were staged and celebrations and gladiators fights used to be organized in town. Around the site is the Templetto del Clitunno. Due to the artefacts found in the site, the Corinthians columns and the neo-Augustan inscriptions it was believed to be a Roman ruin. However it revealed being a paleo-Christian construction dating back to the 5th or 8th century AD.
The inhabitants of the region take pride in a local myth that goes that the banks of the Clitunno are the cradle of the Italian people.