Città della Pieve and its surroundings

Città della Pieve

… «situated at 42° 57" N. and 0° 27" W. of Rome, at the height of 508 m above sea-level, Città della Pieve is located on a large hill's gentle slope. The town is surrounded by a road that has in front a vast horizon. Beautiful is her sky, pleasant and various her sceneries, thin and pure her air, excellent and abundant her waters, which descend to the plain and even up here from the near-by Mount Cetona.

It is not known how this place was called during the Etruscan and Roman times. However, it is certain that before the year 1000 she was nominated as: Plebis S. Gervasii and after year 1000: Castel della Pieve di S. Gervasio and later on simply as Castel della Pieve. In 1600 she got the name that she even today preserves Città della Pieve, since Clement VIII gave her the title of city (città), and founded her as a diocese.»

From: Città della Pieve. La patria del Peru­gino, edited by Società Pro Città della Pieve, ad. 1928.

Additional information

You can obtain additional information regarding Città della Pieve by using the following links that give information about:

• things to see
• local events
• and local products.

Places to visit that are close-by

It is possible to make numerous trips in the surroundings of Città della Pieve where one can admire various works of art and splendid Umbrian and Tuscan landscapes, while being able to taste typical local products that reflect the local tradition.

We have selected a few of them for you by taking them from an old local tourist magazine called: The land of Perugino (year 1928), that describes also some of the important localities worth a visit while you are spending your holiday in Palazzolo.

Visits to places further away

Like most locations within Central Italy also from Palazzolo — Città della Pieve — there are numerous possibilities to make short tours to its immediate sur­roundings. We have chosen some of these locations for you as possibile destinations for a visit.

• The cities of art in Central Italy like Florence, Perugia, Pisa, Siena, Rome
• and the beauty of nature within national parks.

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