Deruta / Torgiano / Bastia Umbra / Corciano
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ITINERARY 2 ITINERARY 2 Deruta / Torgiano / Bastia Umbra / Corciano EVENTS National Antique Show, held in the spring, Southeast of Perugia one of the most eagerly awaited events of antique art that gathers antique collectors and enthusiasts from all over Italy. DERUTA (PG) WHAT TO SEE A town of ancient origins located 15 km Church of S. Bartolomeo (13th-14th c.), INFO south of Perugia (SS3BIS), with vestiges of with fine 16th- and 17th-century paintings. IAT Assisi, tel. +39 075.81.25.34; the Roman era. Famous the world over for Wine Museum, established by Giorgio and [email protected]; its pottery, Deruta was a leading ceramics Maria Grazia Lungarotti in 1974, situated in www.assisi.umbria2000.it producer as early as the 1500s. the Baroque-era Palazzo Graziani-Baglio- ni. The museum houses a large and fine WHAT TO SEE collection of ancient and modern objects, CORCIANO ( PG) Palazzo Comunale, 13th c., which houses manuscripts, printed texts and engravings Located 37 km from Bastia Umbra (SS75, the Pinacoteca featuring paintings by Pie- that recount the millenary history of vine- E45), Corciano is a medieval town situated tro Vannucci, better known as Perugino, yards and wine-making. at 408 metres above sea level on a hill and by Niccolò di Liberatore, known as Olive Oil Museum. Also created by the covered with olive groves. It still retains the Niccolò Alunno. Lungarottis, the museum recounts the layout of the original castle enclosed by Museo Regionale della Ceramica. Situa- long history of olive oil, already known at 5th-century walls with towers. ted in a monastery founded by Benedic- the time of the Etruscans, with documents, Corciano - Panorama tine monks in 1008, the museum holds etchings, antique oil storage receptacles, WHAT TO SEE exquisite examples of ancient local majo- and other historical objects. In November, the wine-tasting event BAVI The central Piazza Coragino with a 16th- lica ceramics. (Banco d’Assaggio dei Vini d’Italia). century well, the parish church of S.Maria, Church of S. Antonio Abate, with frescoes WHAT TO TASTE which holds a painting of the Assumption by by G. Bartolomeo and Bartolomeo Ca- Honey, olive oil, schiacciata (flatbread) with INFO Perugino (1513), the Church of S.Cristoforo, porali. olive oil and onions, cheese pie, rice frit- IAT Perugia, tel. +39 0755736458; with a small museum of sacred art, the 6 ters, maccheroni dolci (eggless tagliatelle) [email protected]; Museum of the Farmhouse, the Town Hall, 7 WHAT TO TASTE with walnuts and honey, and naturally www.perugia.umbria2000.it previously the 16th-century residence of Tagliatelle with goose sauce (entrails), the wines, in particular Torgiano Rosso the Della Corgna family, with a collection chick pea soup, torta al testo (a kind of Riserva DOCG. of archaeological finds, and the Church of focaccia) with prosciutto, sausages, beans BASTIA UMBRA (PG) S.Francesco. Nearby: the former mona- with pork rind, and mixed roast of chicken, EVENTS From Torgiano (13 km on the SP400 and stery of S. Agostino, the castle of Pieve del pork, lamb. And finally torcolo, the typical Appuntamento con i “Vinarelli”, in August, SS75) you reach another small hamlet, Vescovo, restored according to a design by sweet with candied fruit and raisins, to an original art event where the painters di- Bastia Umbra, an important medieval Galeazzo Alessi, and the Etruscan necropo- eat accompanied by the excellent local vin lute their paints with wine instead of water. stronghold. lis of Strozzacapponi. santo dessert wine. WHAT TO SEE WHAT TO TASTE EVENTS Porta Sant’Angelo, an important medieval Torta al testo (a kind of focaccia), torta di Antique show, in May, with an exhibition of relic. Pasqua al formaggio (a savoury cheese antique majolica ceramics in the historic Church of S. Croce dating to 1295, housing pie), bruschetta with olive oil, crostini with district. a triptych by Niccolò Alunno (1499). chicken livers. Church of S. Paolo (11th c.) in Romanesque INFO style, part of a Benedictine monastery EVENTS IAT Perugia. where St. Clare of Assisi was sheltered in Primavera dell’Artigianato, Spring Festi- CORCIANO tel. +39 075.57.36.458; Perugia 1212 to escape from family members who val, April-May. BASTIA UMBRA BASTIA [email protected]; TORGIANO wanted to prevent her from joining the Agosto Corcianese, Corciano Festival held www.perugia.umbria2000.it DERUTA Franciscan movement. in August. Church of S. Rocco, built in the 17th centu- Antichi Sapori, Food and wine festival, De- ry in commemoration of the escape from cember-January. TORGIANO (PG) the plague. Located 9.5 km from Deruta (via roads INFO SS3Bis, SP318 and SP403), the town of WHAT TO TASTE Tel. +39 075.51.88.255, Torgiano was a medieval stronghold tra- Terni Porchetta (spit-roasted suckling pig), for www.comune.corciano.pg.it; ditionally known for its wines; in fact, the which Bastia Umbra is considered to be IAT Perugia, municipal coat-of-arms shows a tower en- the birthplace. A special dish is porchetta tel. +39 075.57.36.458 – +39 57.72.686, circled by a scroll with bunches of grapes. with fennel. www.perugia.umbria2000.it.