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Bevagna

Member of I Borghi più belli d'Italia

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Unusually for Umbria, Bevagna lies flat on the plain of the Topino rather than on a hill. It grew over Roman Mevania, a station on the Via Flaminia, whose line the main street still follows, and Roman columns and friezes surface all over town. At its heart is the lopsided Piazza Silvestri, framed by the Gothic Palazzo dei Consoli and two 12th-century Romanesque churches.

Highlights

  • Piazza Silvestri, with San Silvestro and San Michele Arcangelo facing each other
  • Underground Roman baths with fine mosaics, opened on request at the museum
  • The civic museum in Palazzo Lepri, on the line of the Via Flaminia
  • Fine cloth once woven here, so prized it was simply called "bevagne"

Summary based on Wikipedia and Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA), written with AI assistance.

Population: 4,797

Things to see

Travel guide (Wikivoyage)

Bevagna is a slightly unusual town for Umbria in that it is not a hill town but flat, lying in the plain of the Topino river. It has several interesting things to see. Roman columns and friezes can be found all over because Bevagna was constructed on top of Roman ruins. Like several other towns in Umbria it is listed as one of the "Borghi più belli d'Italia".

Text from Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA

Nearby member villages

  1. Montefalco · 5.7 km
  2. Spello · 8.2 km
  3. Giano dell'Umbria · 11 km
  4. Trevi · 13 km
  5. Bettona · 13 km

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