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Set on the slopes of Mount Subasio, Assisi is the town of S. Francis. Its medieval historic centre is arranged along the original Roman streets; on the Piazza del Comune look major palaces like the Palazzo del Capitano del Popolo, the Palazzo dei Priori and the temple dedicated to Minerva.
World famous monuments and buildings are the Franciscan monastery with its Basilica widely decorated by Giotto, the XIV century S. Chiara church, the S. Maria Maggiore church with the frescoes by Pinturicchio, and the Rocca Maggiore set on a cliff overlooking town.
The S. Maria degli Angeli church houses the Porziuncola chapel, where the Franciscan order was founded, the Transito chapel, originally the cell where S. Francis died and the Roseto chapel.
A few kilometres from here one may visit the Franciscan Eremo delle Carceri, built by S. Bernardino da Siena in XV century.
Assisi with its historic center, the Basilica of San Francesco and other Franciscan sites has been declared World Heritage by UNESCO.

Founded by the Umbri – we have proof documented in the Eugubine tablets of I century b.C. – Gubbio was a centre of primary importance during Roman times (as one may see from the presence of thermal baths, theatre and mausoleum).
During the Middle Ages it had its major urban development with the construction of the city’s gateways and aqueduct.
The central Via dei Consoli gives an idea of how Gubbio must have looked then, with its palaces with narrow ogival doorways and windows (Palazzo del Bargello).Piazza Grande is a real medieval architectural achievement in its hanging between the Palazzo dei Consoli and the Palazzo Pretorio, never finished, which represents the spirit of eugubine gothic architecture.
The nearby Cathedral was built in XIII century and still has its original simple facade with ogival portal and rose window. The construction of the Palazzo Ducale was ordered by Federico da Montefeltro and encloses medieval buildings in renaissance style, connecting them to a Corte D’Onore (designed by Francesco di Giorgio).

Perugia, an ancient city located in the center of Umbria, is the biggest town in the region. The historic center is located on the high hills that flank the right bank of the Tiber. It is of Etruscan origin and was a flourishing Roman municipality known as Augusta Perusia.
Perugia has an immense cultural and artistic heritage fruit of its glorious past. In every corner of the city and in its squares you can see monuments that bear witness to centuries of history, art and culture. There is the Etruscan Arch also known as the Arch of Augustus, a monumental gateway set into the Etruscan city walls which were later restored in Roman times. There is also the Etruscan well, and Marzia gate which is the second Etruscan gateway incorporated into the front of the Rocca Paolina bastion, built by Pope Paul III in 1540.
Piazza IV Novembre is one of the most beautiful squares in Italy. It faces the Palazzo dei Priori which is an elegant Gothic building that incorporates the National Gallery of Umbria where some of the greatest masterpieces of Italian art from the Middle Ages to the 18th century can be found, such as Piero della Francesca, Benozzo Gozzoli, Fra Angelico, Pinturicchio and Perugino. There is also the Sala dei Notari and the Collegio del Cambio (the old money-exchange and the arts and crafts guild of Perugia) with a prestigious series of paintings by Perugino inside, and also the chapel of St. John the Baptist with its 16th century frescoes. Then there is the Collegio della Mercanzia, the cathedral of San Lorenzo with the adjoining Museo del Capitolo, and finally the beautiful 13th century Fontana Maggiore by Fra Bevignate from Perugia, with bas-reliefs by Nicola and Giovanni Pisano.

Norcia is located on the slopes of the Sibillini mountains.
Birthplace of San Benedetto, Benedictine spirituality is combined with the beauty of nature, the wonders of art and the authenticity of local cuisine.
Because of its vast cultural, artistic and natural heritage, it is part of the national ‘I Borghi più Belli d’Italia’ club.
An ancient Sabine city, Nursia was conquered by the Romans and became an important municipality. It was a free town in the 11th century, then in the 15th century it passed definitively to the Church, which nonetheless granted it considerable autonomy. Around 480 San Benedetto was born. Despite having been destroyed by various earthquakes over the centuries (1703, 1730 and 1859) it contains a wealth of artistic and historical testimony related to the life of the founder of the Benedictine order.