ITINERARY 3 ITINERARY 3 S. Maria degli Angeli / Bettona / Cannara CANNARA (PG) Southeast of Perugia Cannara is just 9.5 km from Bettona (SS 75, then SP 410). Founded in the Roman era, the town is situated on the left bank S. MARIA DEGLI ANGELI (PG) of the Topino river. An impressive cylin- Located about 20 km from Perugia (SS drical tower remains of the old enclo- 75), Santa Maria degli Angeli is a small sure walls, erected in 13th-14th c. industrial centre on the outskirts of As- sisi and a shrine for pilgrims, as it is the WHAT TO SEE site of the Porziuncola, the small chapel Town Hall, where numerous Roman ar- where St. Francis founded the Francis- Perugia chaeological finds are exhibited. S. MARIA can Order in 1209. Pilgrims travel to S. DEGLI Church of S.Matteo, built in the 14th c. Maria degli Angeli, where St. Francis BETTONA ANGELI and reconstructed in 1786, where you frequently sojourned and where he died can admire the triptych Madonna con CANNARA in October 1226, to obtain indulgence. i Ss. Francesco e Matteo by Niccolò di Liberatore, known as Niccolò Alunno. WHAT TO SEE Church of the Buona Morte, which holds Basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli. An effigies of the Madonna di Loreto. imposing Renaissance structure that Terni Church of S. Sebastiano, with numerous protects and incorporates the ancient frescoes from various epochs removed rural chapel of Porziuncola. Designed from the walls of churches and mona- by Perugian architect Galeazzo Alessi steries of the zone. Cannara – Archaeological sites in 1569, it also houses the Cappella Church of S. Giovanni Battista, with an del Transito, the ancient infirmary cell Pinacoteca Comunale with works by Pe- important painting by Niccolò Alunno, “Presidio”. Not to miss: the local soup where St. Francis died. The church has rugino, Dono Doni, a fresco by Fiorenzo Madonna con i Ss. Battista e Sebastiano, and cipollata (a traditional rural antipa- 8 a wide collection of Umbrian paintings di Lorenzo, and a statue of S. Antonio by 1492. sto made of onions, egg, and tomato). 9 from the 16th and 17th centuries, and Luca della Robbia. Delicious maccheroni dolci (eggless ta- a rose garden planted with thornless Church of S. Crispolto (13th c.), which WHAT TO TASTE gliatelle with bread crumbs, walnuts, rosebushes tied to a legend from the houses the relics of the patron saint. Cannara onions, a typical product of this nutmeg, anise liqueur and alkermes saint’s life. Oratory of S. Andrea (12th c.), with a area, now recognised as a Slow Food cordial) and rocciata (puff pastry covered fresco of the Giotto school, The Passion with fresh and dried fruit, rolled and EVENTS of Christ (1394). baked). Recommended wine: Vernaccia Festa del Perdono, 2nd August. A reli- di Cannara. gious event attended by pilgrims from WHAT TO TASTE all over the world for more than a mil- Bruschetta with goose livers, tagliatelle EVENTS lennium. with goose sauce, mixed roast mea- Festival of the Cannara Onion, a series ts, Umbrian porchetta (spit-roasted of events and performances, the occa- INFO suckling pig) and, naturally, roast goose, sion for tasting the much-prized onion IAT Assisi, to which an annual festival is dedicated. in various dishes. tel. +39 075.81.25.34 – All accompanied by the local wines: Gre- Processione della Rinchinata, a cere- +39 075.81.24.50; chetto, Trebbiano, and Sangiovese. mony on Easter Sunday evoking Christ’s [email protected]; meeting with the Madonna. www.assisi.umbria2000.it EVENTS Feast of the Patron Saint S. Crispolto, 12th May. Roast Goose Festival, July-August. BETTONA (PG) Tasting of local specialties, some rare, Bettona is located about 10 km from S. made with goose. Maria degli Angeli (SP 404). The only INFO Etruscan settlement east of the Tiber in INFO IAT Assisi, Umbria, it is encircled by the walls of the IAT Assisi, tel. +39 075.81.25.34 – 8th-7th c. B.C. and has medieval vestiges. tel. +39 075.81.25.34 – +39 075.81.24.50; +39 075.81.24.50; [email protected]; WHAT TO SEE [email protected]; www.assisi.umbria2000.it Palazzo del Podestà (1371), site of the www.assisi.umbria2000.it S. M. Angeli - Porziuncola.