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CURRENTLY CLOSED FOR RENOVATION
Near the medieval village of Collemancio, little gem a few miles from Cannara, is the archaeological site Urvinum Hortense, an ancient Roman town of which you can admire the remains at the Antiquarium Collemancio.
Exception in view of other centers of ancient Roman foundation, Urvinum lies at an altitude of 526 meters above sea level, a point of great scenic beauty from which one can dominate much of the Tiber Valley.
This dominance suggests that Urvinum had a particular role to monitor average cost centers such as Assisi, Spello, Trevi and Bettystown, as well as those on the plains, as Foligno and Spoleto.
The first excavations, dating from the early nineteenth century, unearthed the remains of the temple, the Christian basilica and a part of the baths of the Roman villa. Subsequently, and for a long time, the excavations came to a halt, to resume with renewed vigor in the years between 1932 and 1938. Other measures of consolidation and restoration were carried out between 1984 and 1985 in the Roman villa.
Following the establishment of the Foundation Urvinum Hortense "(1986) all the material has been inventoried, photographed and studied.
Finally, in 2003 was officially opened Antiquarium, where they are permanently exposed to the rich finds from excavations material accompanied by captions that traces the history of the city.
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06033 - Cannara (PG)
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