In 1543 Pope Paul III, on his way back to Rome from Todi, stopped here for the night in the house of count Giovanni di Offreduccio Atti: with him came seven cardinals and an escort of 1,400 mounted lances.
That same year another Atti, don Siro, left all his goods to the town so that it would have a public school: the charitable foundation bearing his name is recorded until 1936. The place name seems to come from Montes Carsulis, that is from nearby Carsulae, the Roman post on the Via Flaminia. An autonomous comune since 1817, it now has 5,190 residents scattered between the main town and the old castles of the Terre Arnolfe.
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Next up: Saint Nicholas of Myra, patron of the parish of the canon who invented the Tractor Feast, Sunday 6 December
Nearest airport: Perugia San Francesco, 50 km away
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📅 Every year, on 6 December
Montecastrilli celebrates Saint Nicholas of Myra on 6 December; his parish church was the seat of Monsignor Antonio Serafini, the canon who in 1956 conceived and championed the first edition of the Tractor Feast, which over time became a genuine local extravaganza.
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 Montecastrilli, but an easy day trip away.
