Umbria Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
region of Italy
About Umbria
What's now Umbria was in large measure part of the land of the Umbri people, who vied for power with the Etruscans before ancient Rome defeated both tribes. Perugia was a town of the Umbri, then an Etruscan hill city.Orvietowas also an Etruscan hill town. TheRoman Republicestablished a presence early, with Spoletium, nowSpoleto, first noted in 241 B.C. Starting in the 15th century A.D., Umbria was part of the Papal States until Italian unification, with the exception of a short period of French rule under theNapoleonic Wars. Today, Umbria remains a mountainous region with much forest and farmland, dotted with small and middle-sized cities. As in the days of ancient Rome, it is a retreat for harried inhabitants of big cities like Rome and Florence.
Umbria Travel Guide Sections
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