Un Territory profondamente segnato dall'urbanistica medievale, con i suoi borghi arroccati sulla sommità di ogni colle e immancabilmente culminanti in un palazzo baronale, in un castello, in una rocca.

A land deeply marked by medieval urbanization, constructed its villages to summits of each hill and invariably culminated in a baronial palace, castle or fortress.
Between the Salto and Turano Valleys, there is the Collalto Sabino Castle that is still intact and has traces of its century-old history and of the 17th century transformations wanted by the Barberini family.
The castle at Roccasinibalda rises majestic and powerful; designed in the 1500’s by a great Siena architect, Baldassarre Peruzzi.
The fortress in Corvaro dominates the highest part of the city; it was founded in the Xth century and was initially possessed by the Abbey of Farfa.
The baronial palace of Orvinio, from the late Renaissance, is hidden in a unique manner within the historic center of the town.
The ruins of the castle of Poggio Poponesco, in the municipality of Fiamignano, overlook the first part of the Salto Lake.

These are some examples of a vast patrimony that boasts jewels capable of taking you back in time.


In order to discover ancient castles and unusual places…be guided by our Routes outlined in Towers and Castles.