The castle was born as a place of exile: around 1165 the Chiaravalle built it for the Ghibellines whom the Guelphs had driven out of Todi. The town, first named in documents in 1154, grew in rings around that core.
It always remained Todi's land and passed from family to family: Chiaravalle, Alviano, Baschi, Colonna, Atti, and from 1607 the Corsini. It became an autonomous comune only in 1948, splitting from Baschi. At Tenaglie stand Palazzo Ancajani and the museum of peasant life. The 1,723 residents trade in truffles, and now and then one comes up weighing more than two hundred grams.
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📅 Every year, on 20 May
Montecchio celebrates Saint Bernardine of Siena on 20 May; in the hamlet of Carnano stands the castle of the Baschi family, while in the main village the church of Santa Maria Assunta shows building phases spanning the 15th to the 19th century.
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 Montecchio, but an easy day trip away.
