The saint who gives the town its name came from Syria: Yemin, son of the general Miliziano, fled by sea as far as Fano and died at Ferento in 815. After the Saracen raids the inhabitants moved higher up, carried his body with them and took his name.
Autonomy came with Innocent III: the privilege of 27 August 1198 is recorded by an inscription on the church of San Giovanni Battista. The town, closed inside two rings of walls on the old Via Flaminia, exempted artists from taxes for five years to attract them. Not far off lie the ruins of Carsulae, and the 4,921 residents are known above all for their mineral water.
No events match these filters.
📅 Every year, on 9 October; the Giostra dell'Arme from the last Saturday of September to the second Sunday of October
On 9 October San Gemini celebrates its patron, a Syrian pilgrim venerated since the Middle Ages; in the preceding days the Giostra dell'Arme, a mounted challenge between the town's two districts, takes place.
A white wine carved into Etruscan tufa history, toasted by Garibaldi's Thousand: Orvieto has held Denominazione di Origine Controllata status since 1971.
Read more →Straight-line distances from the town centre. Tap a point to open its page.
The closest destinations covered by our editors, with straight-line distance.
Outside San Gemini, but an easy day trip away.
