On the third Sunday of May the Pugnaloni come out, carts showing scenes of work in the fields and the miracle of Saint Isidore, the saint who prays while an angel ploughs for him. The name comes from the pungolo, the goad used to drive the oxen.
Allerona is the westernmost comune of Umbria and touches two other regions, Lazio and Tuscany; the 1,859 residents live between the Paglia valley and the Valdichiana. The town's name comes instead from the strawberry tree of the woods around it: the arms carry two crossed branches of it, under a stag. On 28 January 1944 an Allied bombing hit a train of prisoners of war standing here: more than four hundred were killed.
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📅 Every year, on 1 December; the third Sunday of May Saint Isidore is celebrated with the Pugnaloni
Allerona celebrates Saint Ansanus on 1 December; the town, once a stronghold of Orvieto towards Chiusi, is today the westernmost municipality of Umbria and one of only four whose territory borders two different regions, Lazio and Tuscany.
A white wine carved into Etruscan tufa history, toasted by Garibaldi's Thousand: Orvieto has held Denominazione di Origine Controllata status since 1971.
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Outside Allerona, but an easy day trip away.
