At the entrance to a villa that belonged to the Orsini stand the Mammalocchi: two travertine columns with allegorical figures, and that is what the village has always called them.
On 7 December 1502 Gian Corrado Orsini, lord of Bomarzo, bought the castle of Penna from the Colonna for three thousand six hundred ducats; his son Maerbale made it his residence and laid out palace and gardens, with the Fonte Orsina as the showpiece. The town's name comes from the Latin pinna, the peak: it sits on top of a terrace above the Tiber. It is the smallest comune in Umbria by area, and its 1,056 residents live by farming.
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Next up: Saint Valentine and the Madonna della Neve, depicted together in a 17th-century painting, Sunday 14 February
Nearest airport: Perugia San Francesco, 68 km away
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📅 Every year, on 14 February and the Madonna della Neve on 5 August
Penna in Teverina celebrates Saint Valentine on 14 February and the Madonna della Neve on 5 August, with a tasting of the tortiglione, the town's typical pastry; both appear together in a 17th-century painting in the apse of the parish church, which stands in the square dedicated to the saint.
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 Penna in Teverina, but an easy day trip away.
