In 1237 the army of Todi destroyed Avigliano and killed most of its inhabitants, because the castle wanted to stand on its own. Two centuries later it was the pope who forced Todi to rebuild the walls; above Porta Vecchia an eagle still shelters two eaglets under its wings: Todi with Amelia and Terni.
Avigliano became a comune in its own right only in 1975, splitting from Montecastrilli. The theatre was built by the townspeople in the 1920s, with a Liberty façade, and opened in 1928. In the early 1990s Mogol set up his music school here. The 2,568 residents live on the hill of San Rocco, where the old Via Amerina ran.
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📅 Every year, on 1 September
Avigliano Umbro celebrates Saint Giles on 1 September, with the church dedicated to him; the municipal territory is also home to the Dunarobba fossil forest, the only site of its kind in the world, and the Fortezza Alta overlooking the town.
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 Avigliano Umbro, but an easy day trip away.
