The Recovery Of The Historical Village

The name refers to Roman origins, but can find reference in the presence of several lime trees "to tilium" on the banks of the Tiber that flows immediately downstream. The area of the Umbrian and Etruscan origin, bounded by the natural line of the Tiber, hosted the primitive peoples, as evidenced by the findings in the area of Martian Jana, where they were found in chamber tombs and crypts. The castle was founded by the successors of the Earl Offredo and, given the important strategic position, it suffered various jurisdictions in medieval times that of the first and Orsini Borghese, then that of Alviano, was protected by a moat and a drawbridge, allowing an 'access. Under the rule of Bartolomeo d'Alviano, the towers, which had a terrace with battlements, were raised and the pentagon was equipped with a jet machine, called "Bombs" in the fifteenth century. alongside the tower, The Baron's Palace was built, a testimony of its former glory, then enlarged in 1540 under the rule of the Farnese. Of the building are still visible six towers and part of the perimeter wall of the plant castellano. The recovery of the historical village. Recently built a careful restoration of the historic center has allowed us to bring back former splendor of the walls, the nave of the old church and the apse of the same. Now the new blends with the ancient amphitheater in the small re-created instead of the old foundations of the houses were destroyed. Here in the summer you may hear, in a very suggestive atmosphere, music concerts, jazz, classical and Celtic.