6 -DAY WORKSHOP 16-23 MAY 2014 Grundtvig Workshop 2013-1-IT2-GRU13-52160 Grundtvig Workshop CONTENTS 2013-1-IT2-GRU13-52160 UMBRIA KEY&KEY COMMUNICATIONS Workshop Organisation: LINKS Key & Key Communications PERUGIA Via Giosuè Carducci, 28 06053 DERUTA (PG) - ITALY
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[email protected] For more information, go to our website http://www.keyandkey.it/ CITYMAP (Perugia) and to the BRIDGE-IT project website http://bridge-it.commu- nicationproject.eu/ Umbria is a region of central Italy, the only region hav- three principal tributaries flow southward through ing neither a coastline nor a common border with other Umbria. The Chiascio basin is relatively uninhabited countries. However, it is not lacking geographically; be- as far as Bastia Umbra. About 10 km (6 mi) farther ing bathed by Lake Trasimeno and crossed by the River on, it joins the Tiber at Torgiano. The Topino, cleaving Tiber. The regional capital is Perugia. Umbria is appreci- the Apennines with passes that the Via Flaminia and ated for its landscapes, traditions, history, artistic lega- successor roads follow, makes a sharp turn at Foligno cy and cultural influence. The region is characterized by to flow NW for a few kilometres before joining the peaceful green hills and historical towns such as Assisi Chiascio below Bettona. The third river is the Nera, (a World Heritage Site associated with St. Francis of As- flowing into the Tiber further south, at Terni; its valley sisi, the Basilica of San Francesco and other Franciscan is called the Valnerina.