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Spoleto
is a small burg with an eminent heritage. The town has Umbrian
origins, was ruled by the Romans and, at the peak of its influence,
became the capital of the Lombard Duchy. It later came under the
control of the Church, which commissioned the construction of the
famous Fortress of Albornoz.
When it defied the union of the Italian State, Spoleto was relegated
into the role of a minor centre and lived reminiscing its past until
maestro Giancarlo Menotti founded the famous Festival of the Two
Worlds, which re-established the town’s discreet and refined appeal
and turned it into a cultural and worldly centre of international
stature.
Spoleto is filled with Umbrian, Roman, Medieval, and Renaissance
monuments and boasts an extensive historical centre where the
influences of the various centuries blend in a harmonious whole.
Perhaps this is because each century offered the town only the best
it had to offer, clearly defined and devoid of exaggeration.
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