In 1901, at Colle del Capitano, an Etruscan chariot of the sixth century BC came to light, wood covered with bronze plates worked in relief with the story of Achilles. A trafficker took it over the border and it ended up in the Metropolitan Museum in New York, which had bought it: the comune has been asking for its return for years.
In 1535 the people of Monteleone rose against Spoleto, threw out the podestà, elected one of their own and wrote themselves the statute of the Republica Montis Leonis; in 1559 Pius IV removed them from Spoleto altogether. The earthquake of 1703 killed many and diverted the waters of the Corno, and emigration began. With its 626 residents this is the highest comune in Umbria.
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📅 Every year, on 6 December
Monteleone di Spoleto celebrates Saint Nicholas on 6 December; the town gave its name to a famous wooden and bronze chariot from the 6th century BC, now kept at the Metropolitan Museum in New York after being smuggled out by an antiquities dealer.
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Outside Monteleone di Spoleto, but an easy day trip away.
