This land rich in art, nature and culture, too often scarred by earthquakes, is home to some of our country's most exceptional treasures. A brief tour of green Umbria takes us to discover the villages and cities of a region that is a treasure chest of beauty.
Five or six days through Umbria, its cities and villages that preserve the art and traditions of a unique land. A tour to discover a little more of the region's majestic and well-known beauty. Seven places to visit in Umbria, with many itineraries for those who love art that is closer to home, art that is distant in time, or simply wandering among green hills and vineyards. Umbria as you have never seen it before.
Città di Castello
Città di Castello is worth a stop above all because it is the birthplace of Alberto Burri, and a great many of his works are kept here, some of them monumental. But who is Alberto Burri? He is a doctor who, during the Second World War, is taken prisoner and brought to a camp in Texas. Here he begins to paint and will never stop. His creations — unique and only apparently simple — brought him fame through his use of materials never employed before, yet drawn from everyday life: sand, sacking, cloth, bitumen, for example. The two exhibition venues dedicated to him in the city are Palazzo Albizzini and the Ex seccatori del tabacco: the first is an elegant building in the heart of Città di Castello, admirably restored — which Burri himself wanted and whose layout he personally oversaw — where 150 works created between 1948 and 1985 are kept. A true gem. The Ex seccatoi is an immense space on the outskirts of the town, recovered and made the home of the master's final works, those from 1977 to 1993. Both are incredibly well-curated spaces that enhance what they contain — an example of evocative, coherent and exhaustive display. An absolute must if you are heading to Umbria, even for those who do not know Burri. They will be astonished.
Perugia is a city rich in history and examples of art, some of them unexpected. Like a casket, it conceals a false bottom — in this case, other layers. Indeed, Perugia has an Etruscan history, then a Roman one, a late-antique one and finally a medieval one, and each has left architectural and artistic traces that can be revealed in t
7 places to visit in Umbria, a tour through art and villages in Italy's green region of beauty
Environment — di Simona Denise Deiana
This land rich in art, nature and culture, too often scarred by earthquakes, is home to some of our country's most exceptional treasures. A brief tour of green Umbria takes us to discover the villages and cities of a region that is a treasure chest of beauty.
