IntroductionTuoro sul Trasimeno is composed of subdivisions composed of villages and hamlets. Its population is about 3,800 people. This residential town on the hilly landscape has a great historic draw as in its fields the
Battle of Trasimeno took place twenty three centuries ago. By car or on foot the area is signposted for visitors to learn details of this bloody sudden attack on the Romans troops by the
Carthaginians. Tuoro’s tourist office can inform about the permanent exhibition. One of the bloodiest battles of the Romans epoch was in the second Punic War took place when the Carthaginian leader
Hannibal pretended to be far from the area by lighting torches far from the battle site. However, its army was 50,000 men, 9,000 horses and 37 elephants. Hannibal attacked the Romans by surprise in the morning giving them no time to organize. About 15,000 Romans perished in this ambush. The blood that stained the stream nearby gave it the name Sanguinetto (the bloody).
A wondrous sightseeing to do is the
Field of the Sun where there are 27 contemporary sand sculptures located close to Loc. Navaccia Lido near the lake banks. They were created by renowned sculptors.