Montecchio

Around 1165 the Chiaravalle family built a castle here as a refuge for Ghibellines expelled from Todi, and the village grew outward in rings of houses around that fortified core. Montecchio lies in the Tiber valley in southern Umbria, where Etruscan chamber tombs line the San Lorenzo ravine and truffles, some weighing more than 200 grams, are a lively trade.

Highlights

• The Etruscan necropolis of the Vallone San Lorenzo, 6th to 4th century BC
• The medieval village core and the church of Santa Maria Assunta
• Museo della Civiltà Contadina in Palazzo Ancajani at Tenaglie
• The ruins of the Baschi family's Castle of Carnano, razed in 1553
• Local truffles, traded in the village

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