On The Old Crossroads Between The Ancient Umbrians And Etruscans It Became a Roman Town Called Pitulum

On the old crossroads between the ancient Umbrians and Etruscans it became a Roman town called Pitulum. It was destroyed by the Goths and rebuilt under the name of Fratta in the 9th century by the sons of Uberto according to the wishes of the Marquis of Tuscany. It was autonomous until 1200 when it belonged to Perugia. A fort was built there which had Braccio Fortebraccio as a prisoner, liberating him was an expensive deal, which meant the end of the feudal families of Montone. The Pope in 1500 ceded it to the Vitelli family of Città di Castello. In the 1600's it was besieged by the Florentines, but it resisted and actually hunted them away before finally being passed.

Completed at the end of the 1300's for Alberto Guidalotti, it is a typical military fort, with walls and tower with battlements reaching 31 metres high; there are other three smaller towers. It houses a collection of contemporary art.

Is an octagonal church from the 1500’s with a cupola on the top. The interior is circular in form with Doric columns and a beautiful tile floor dating from the 1600's.

From the 1500's it has a beautiful fresco by Pinturicchio. Santa Croce Inside you can admire the Deposition by Luca Signorelli.

From the 1300's it has a beautiful façade with shells and inside there are two paintings by Pomarancio.

Towers and forts are scattered throughout the whole are: the Rocca di Preggio, the castle of Romeggio, in Polgero, Montalto, Montecavallo, Serra Partucci, Reschio, and in the small town of Montemigiano and S.Giuliana, and the abbey at Montecorona.

Constructed in the year about 1000 by Raniero di Monferrato, it has kept its original form for the past 1000 years as a square fortress, although with some modifications. It has always belonged to the Marquis Ranieri di Sorbello.

Is famous as the castle where a century ago, love united the King Luigi Wittelsbach of Bavaria with the Marquise Marianna Florenzi Waddington. Today it is a model working farm.