Sights in Spello
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Arnaldo Caprai
Next to Torgiano's Lungarotti, the second most famous winery in Umbria is Arnaldo Caprai, the wine-makers who single-handedly brought the now-famous DOCG Sagrantino back from obscurity. The Caprai winery has just built a beautiful new tasting room and is one of the few vintners in Umbria open to the public on a regular basis. Plus, if you love the wine (we suggest the white fruity Greccheto and the earthy Sagrantino), you're in luck; Caprai is one of the largest Umbrian wine exporters and distributes their goods in about two dozen countries, from Australia to Brazil and Korea to the US. To reach the winery, follow the signs on the road towards Bevagna to Località Torre or…
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Chiesa di Santa Maria Maggiore
Head towards Piazza Matteotti, the heart of Spello, where the impressive 12th-century Chiesa di Santa Maria Maggiore houses the town’s real treat. In its Cappella Baglioni, Pinturicchio’s beautiful frescoes of the life of Christ are in the right-hand corner as you enter (you’ll need to pay to illuminate the great works, which helps keep damage to a minimum). Even the floor, dating back to 1566, is a masterpiece.
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Frescoes
The town's real treat, Pinturicchio's beautiful frescoes, is in the Cappella Baglioni. The fresco is in the right-hand corner as you enter, behind glass, but be aware that you need to pay to illuminate the fresco. This is done not just to make money; constant light damages the paint. Also in the Cappella Baglioni is the exquisite floor (dating from 1566) made of tiles from Deruta.
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Arco Romano
Perhaps the best sight in all of Spello is to head up to the Arco Romano. From here you can get the best view of the Anfiteatro Romano (closed to the public) - the amphitheatre used for spectacles thousands of years ago in Roman 'Hispellum' (the Roman name for modern-day Spello) - and the surrounding countryside.
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Anfiteatro Romano
Perhaps the best sight in all of Spello is to head up to the Arco Romano. From here you can get the best view of the Anfiteatro Romano (closed to the public) - the amphitheatre used for spectacles thousands of years ago in Roman 'Hispellum' (the Roman name for modern-day Spello) - and the surrounding countryside.
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Torre di Properzio
The Torre di Properzio stands guard over the western Roman walls of town. Named after the Roman poet Propertius, the gate and its towers are a hodgepodge of Roman, medieval and 20th-century reconstructionist architecture.
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Chiesa di San Lorenzo
Further along from the Piazza della Repubblica, in the same piazza as the Palazzo Comunale, is the Chiesa di San Lorenzo, with a collection of sacred works.
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Santa Maria di Vallegloria
At the far north of town is yet another imposing church, Santa Maria di Vallegloria, built in the 1320s in Gothic style with frescoes by Spacca.
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Piazza Kennedy
As you enter Spello, you'll come across Piazza Kennedy, the main entrance to the town, with a partially Roman gate, Porta Consolare.
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Porta Consolare
As you enter Spello, you'll come across Piazza Kennedy, the main entrance to the town, with a partially Roman gate, Porta Consolare.
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Chiesa di Sant’Andrea
You can admire Pinturicchio’s Madonna with Child and Saints in the gloomy Chiesa di Sant’Andrea.
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Chiesa di San Severino
Nearby the Arco Romano is the Chiesa di San Severino, an active Cappuccin monastery with a Romanesque façade.
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Pinacoteca Civica
The Pinacoteca Civica shows off Spello's artistic, religious and architectural past.
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