In 1378 Perugia was under siege by the Bretons, and the man who freed it came from here: Boldrino da Panicale. In thanks, Perugia allowed the town to bear its griffin on the arms: it is still there, beside the tower and the ears of panic grass.
In the church of San Sebastiano, Perugino painted in 1505 a Martyrdom that covers a whole wall: the archers around the saint seem to be dancing. On 15 July 1920, in front of Porta Perugina, the carabinieri fired on a march of farm labourers demanding a new sharecropping contract: six died and fourteen were wounded. Today the 5,734 residents live on the hill between Lake Trasimeno and the Nestore valley.
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📅 Every year, on 29 September
On 29 September Panicale celebrates Saint Michael the Archangel in its collegiate church, which also holds the wooden Christ carried in procession on Good Friday by the three tronchi confraternities.
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Outside Panicale, but an easy day trip away.
