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PrimeItaly.com suggest you a visit to Città di Castello, one of the most delightful cities in Umbria, in the upper Tiber Valley, 50 km north of Perugia.

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the Duomo

Città di Castello is a city rich in history, monuments, traditions and offers the special flavour of the Umbria countryside. Travellers visiting Citta di Castello, can enjoy art, history (Bronze Age and Iron Age, Etruscan, Romanian, Renaissance period), music (a famous International Music Festival - Festival delle Nazioni, is held there in late summer each year), craft (several exhibitions), and sport thanks to an environment well preserved.

- Where to stay: Citta di Castello Hotels & Accommodation,Accommodation Booking in Umbria

- Things to see in Citta di Castello -

The Ancient Town:with Corso Vittorio Emanuele the main street, the Bell Towers, the ancient Walls, the many buildings and squares of the ancient town centre.

Santa Maria Maggiore Church : erected in the late 1400, witnesses an era when the Vitelli family made the town an important artistic centre.

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Panorama

The several ancient buildings, among them: Vitelli a Sant'’Egidio Palace, Small Palace Vitelli, Palazzo Facchinetti, the sixteenth century Palazzo Lignani Marchesani, Palazzo Tomassini Mattiucci.

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The Cathedral erected during the Renaissance (inspired to a typical Florentine Renaissance style)

Museum - The Municipal Gallery: an important collection which stores works of art by Luca Signorelli, Raffaello, Andrea and Giovanni Della Robbia, Ghiberti, Ghirlandaio and many others.

Museum - Burri Collection (Albizzini Palace) : collection which Burri, one of the most important 20th century artists, donated to his home town.

Churches: San Domenico Church and San Francesco Church

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- Locate Citta di Castello on the map.

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