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Valtopina

Suggested length
of stay: half a day

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The present centre of Valtopina located in the valley bottom, was known in olden times as Cerqua from the name of the locality where a church consecrated to S. Cristoforo stood. The first records which testify to the existence of a settlement go back to a few years before the year 1000, when Apulien fugitives settled in its valley. From then on, the town has shared the fortunes of the neighbouring townships; in 1282 the town passed later under the sway of Assisi and in 1383 under the lordship of the Trinci family of Foligno. With the fall of the Trincis, Valtopina passed under the direct rule of the church government. At the end of the XVIIIth century it suffered French domination and in 1849 the Roman Republic took over. It was then annexed to the Italian Kingdom in 1860. From 1927 to 1947 it belonged to the Commune of Foligno, then in 1948 it returned to be free commune.
Other witnesses to the past are the remains of the forum and other Roman ruins at Ponte Rio and Pieve Fanonica; deciduous and pine woods add to the precious heritage of a territory offering many opportunities for picturesque excursions.

Monuments

In the outskirts...
Ruins of the Castello di Poggio (of which only the tower remains)
Ruins of Gallano, Santa Cristina, Pasano and Serra Castles
Roman ruins of the forum of Ponte Rio, (in Pieve Fanonica)
Castello di Santo Stefano (in Gallano)
Millstone (between Valtopina and San Giovanni di collepino)
Monte Subasio regional park
Pieve Fanonica