Visso

Five valleys and five streams meet in the mountain basin of the upper Nera that holds Visso, seat of the Monti Sibillini National Park. Wool and livestock trade paid for the Renaissance palaces of its centre, and a long feud with Norcia over pasture ended in the 1522 battle of Pian Perduto, later told in a mock-heroic poem. The 2016 earthquake left several of its churches unsafe.

Highlights

• Leopardi's autograph manuscripts, including L'infinito, kept by the town
• The Gothic Collegiata di Santa Maria, with a 7-metre St Christopher fresco
• San Francesco church, its rose window framed by twisted columns
• The Santuario di Macereto in the countryside
• Walks in the Monti Sibillini National Park, whose offices are here

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