On the bell tower of piazza della Rocca there is a clock with a single hand and a twelve-hour face: it marks time the way it was marked before minutes began to matter.
In the middle of the main square stands the dolphin fountain, built by Ramperti da Amelia in 1885 with stone from the old Santa Eugenia quarry: it also served for drawing water. The town changed hands constantly, between Todi, the Holy See, Amelia and Bartolomeo d'Alviano, until in 1540 it was ceded to Paul III Farnese; a hundred and four years later the Farnese sold it, and in 1840 prince Borghese bought it. Today it has 1,917 residents, on the bank of the Tiber.
Orvieto
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Next up: Saint Lawrence the Martyr, patron of a modern church in Bartolomeo d'Alviano's town, Tuesday 10 August
Nearest airport: Perugia San Francesco, 67 km away
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📅 Every year, on 10 August
Attigliano celebrates Saint Lawrence the Martyr on 10 August, in a modern church from 1983 with mosaic stained glass and a bronze portal; the town was long a theatre of wars between Todi, the Holy See and Amelia, before returning to condottiero Bartolomeo d'Alviano.
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 Attigliano, but an easy day trip away.
