waterfall
Cascata delle Marmore
A 165-meter man-made waterfall created by the ancient Romans in 271 BC, now one of Italy's most impressive cascades.
21 km · about 25 min drive
Umbria, Italy · Europe
Spoleto is worth a stop: 10 minutes from San Martino in Trignano, 21km from Cascata delle Marmore.
Spoleto is a town located in Umbria, Italy. With a population of 19,266, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Spoleto sits in Italy, where you drive on the right. It's in the Europe/Rome time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Spoleto to your route.
Spoleto (, also US: , UK: , Italian: [spoˈleːto]; Latin: Spoletium) is an ancient city in the Italian province of Perugia in east-central Umbria on a foothill of the Apennines.
It is 20 km (12 mi) south of Trevi, 29 km (18 mi) north of Terni, 63 km (39 mi) southeast of Perugia; 212 km (132 mi) southeast of Florence;Read more
and 126 km (78 mi) north of Rome.
Founded by the Umbri in the 10th century BC and later taken by the Etruscans, it became a Roman colony in 241 BC.
Under Lombard rule, Spoleto became the seat of the Duchy of Spoleto in 576, controlling much of central Italy.
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Spoleto is located in Umbria, Italy, Europe. The coordinates are 42.7407 latitude, 12.7390 longitude.
Spoleto has a population of approximately 19,266 people, making it a town in Italy.
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waterfall
A 165-meter man-made waterfall created by the ancient Romans in 271 BC, now one of Italy's most impressive cascades.
21 km · about 25 min drive
landmark
A walled mountain town in Umbria celebrated as the birthplace of St. Benedict and as Italy's capital of black truffles.
29 km · about 35 min drive
cathedral
The birthplace of St. Francis, featuring the magnificent Basilica with Giotto's frescoes set against the slopes of Monte Subasio.
38 km · about 45 min drive
cathedral
A 13th-century basilica housing Giotto's frescoes and the tomb of St. Francis, a major pilgrimage destination.
39 km · about 45 min drive
photogenic
Hilltop hamlet at 1,452 m above the Piano Grande plateau, where lentil fields erupt into a patchwork bloom of red, blue and gold each June-July (La Fiorita). The drive up from Norcia across the karst plain is one of the Apennines' great reveals.
39 km · about 45 min drive
landmark
The 16th-century 'Park of Monsters', a wooded valley of colossal mannerist grotesques: an ogre's mouth you walk into, a leaning house, war elephants carved from living bedrock. Ignored for centuries, adored by Salvador Dalí.
49 km · about 55 min drive
cathedral
A dramatic Umbrian hill town perched atop volcanic tufa cliffs, crowned by one of Italy's most ornate Gothic cathedrals.
51 km · about 60 min drive
landmark
Surrealist 'ideal city' of stacked theatres, towers and esoteric symbols built by Milanese architect Tomaso Buzzi from 1958 inside a Franciscan convent's grounds. Deep in rural Umbria and visitable by reservation only, it feels like walking into a dream.
51 km · about 60 min drive
April to October
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