municipality
Acquasparta is the first northest municipality of Terni’s province and it is in a hill surrounded by water’s springs that gave Ago it the name. It is one of the most beautiful village of Italy and keeps that fortress that, over the years has become what we now know as Palazzo Cesi, once home to the oldest scientific academy in the world, the Accademia dei Lincei.
It is one of the most beautiful place to visit in Italy, in Umbria.
origins
Acquasparta is in Umbria Italy and it is in a road that was ancient via Flaminia. Its position, between the old town hall of Carsulae e Vicus Martis – that now we know as Santa Maria in Pantano in the Massa Martana’s municipality – and its water’s springs, made the territory famous in the time of the construction of the Via Flaminia.
origins
Acquasparta is in Umbria Italy and it is in a road that was ancient via Flaminia. Its position, between the old town hall of Carsulae e Vicus Martis – that now we know as Santa Maria in Pantano in the Massa Martana’s municipality – and its water’s springs, made the territory famous in the time of the construction of the Via Flaminia.
what to see
Close to its Ducal Palace – that hosts a splendid experiential museum , that tells the story of the genius Federico Cesi and the firsts Lincei, such as the holland Giovanni Heckius, Francesco Stelluti from Marche and Anastasio de Filiis from Umbria, and from 1611 even Galileo Galilei – Acqusaprta is the summary of a village that was built during the years from the romans, through the Middle Age to the Renaissance.
territory
At the end of the Roman Empire, the Umbria and Acquasparta area were not spared from the disputes that characterized this period throughout Italy.
A period of peace was from the end of X sec. , when Ottone I of Sassonia, gave to the Conte Arnolfo of Carinzia a land – where now there are the municipalities of Acquasparta, Avigliano Umbro, Montecastrilli, San Gemini and the area of Monti Martani above Terni, Cesi being the capital – that now we can call like Terre Arnolfe.
A territory of a unique extension and wealth that was then ceded to the Church by Henry II except that the descendants of Arnolfo became vassals of the Papal States, from which to obtain protection from Spoleto, Terni, Narni and Amelia.
From this period, with the phenomenon of the fortification, it was seen to form castles and villages that now characterize our beautiful green area.
where to stay
Discover the accommodation facilities of the municipality.
experience the village
The Festival of Renaissance in Acquasparta is the most event in Umbria that, between June and July (except the cases imposed by Covid) enriched the culture and the enogastronomy of the Umbria’s summer and it enriched the Italy tourism. The challenges between the districts, the renaissance’s theatre, the parade in costumes reminiscent of that period and the taverns in the village that bring us to the period of Federico Cesi and his court.
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The Festival of Renaissance in Acquasparta is the most event in Umbria that, between June and July (except the cases imposed by Covid) enriched the culture and the enogastronomy of the Umbria’s summer and it enriched the Italy tourism. The challenges between the districts, the renaissance’s theatre, the parade in costumes reminiscent of that period and the taverns in the village that bring us to the period of Federico Cesi and his court.
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