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Due to its strategic location, Foligno is a very good starting point to visit the main interesting touristic and religious sites of the Region.
Foligno in one of the most dynamic business and cultural centres of the Region. The Historical centre lays on a flat land with a typical "egg" shape, develoving around the system of the two central squares. Many important Mediaeval and Renaissance monuments are inserted in the building fabric of the city, dated from the XVI to the XIX Centuries.
The town took on its modern look with the transformations of the last one hundred years, conforming the urban structure to the fundamental functions of industrial, commercial and managerial site.
Every year, during the months of June and September, an important event takes place: the "GIOSTRA DELLA QUINTANA", that recalls a Competition of the XVII Century.

We call your attention on some of the main monuments to visit in Foligno:
Duomo - The Cathedral. showing different building stages and periods, from Romanesque to Neoclassical, with a magnificent portal of the XIII Century.
Palazzo Trinci - Trinci's Palace. one of the most beautiful residence of the late gothic period in Central Italy. It is famous for its frescoes of the XV Century.
Oratorio della Nunziatella - Nunziatella's Oratory. with two frescoes by Il Perugino and a small Museum of Printing (Museo della Stampa), documenting the Foligno's typographical art of the XV Century.
S. Maria Infraportas. In the Chapel of the Assunta, there are some frescoes of the XII Century.

For futher information about Foligno's territory, please note the following links:
Comune di Foligno (Foligno's Municipality)
Comprensorio di Foligno (Foligno's Country)

Piazza Matteotti, 12 - 06034 Foligno (PG) - Tel. 0742.350.412 - 344.964 - Fax 0742.352.258 - e-mail: info@hotelitaliafoligno.com