Lugnano In Teverina: Medieval Heritage, Museums and the Tiber Landscape

Lugnano In Teverina combines a largely intact medieval centre with museums, churches, archaeological sites and landscapes along the Tiber. This creates a destination whose highlights range from history to paths and viewpoints.

Historic Centre and Cultural Heritage

Since 2012, the Museo Civico di Lugnano in Teverina has housed a permanent exhibition on the First World War. It also contains two exhibitions featuring archaeological finds from a Roman villa and a 5th-century AD children's necropolis at the Poggio Gramignano archaeological site.

The Chiesa Collegiata di S. Maria is a Romanesque church dating from the 11th and 12th centuries, built over an earlier structure from the 9th century. Its portico was added before 1230; the church contains Cosmatesque mosaics. The Chiesa della Maestà is also known as Maestade, is dedicated to San Giovanni Decollato, dates from the 1400s and may initially have been a small shrine chapel.

The historic townscape includes preserved walls and remnants of towers. Among them is the Torre Palombara, a typical medieval tower featuring a white stone dove. These architectural testimonies complement the medieval character that the historic centre has preserved to this day and which has remained largely intact.

Archaeology and Paths through the Tiber Valley

The Villa of Poggio Gramignano in Lugnano in Teverina is part of an immersive multimedia route. It connects five important archaeological sites from the Etruscan and Roman periods in four municipalities belonging to the Strategia Aree Interne dell'Umbria: the Crocefisso del Tufo necropolis and the excavations at Campo della Fiera in Orvieto, Coriglia in Castel Viscardo, the Vallone San Lorenzo necropolis in Montecchio, and the Villa of Poggio Gramignano in Lugnano in Teverina.

Landscape, Springs and Viewpoints

The circular route of “Il benessere con le terme” follows an old path that connected Lugnano with the Tiber Valley and offers views of the surrounding landscape. Around the basin, the route includes wooden walkways with railings as well as a nature trail featuring the characteristic local vegetation in one of the Tiber's most beautiful valleys, between the riverbanks and the characteristic clay badlands.

The gardens of the Ex Orto Ungari offer a viewpoint over the lower Tiber Valley. From there, you can see the Castello, Lago di Alviano and a bend in the Tiber. Near the Tiber, the sulphur springs of “Castello di Ramici” emerge.

When you choose accommodation in Lugnano In Teverina, you can balance culture in the historic centre with landscape experiences along the Tiber as personal highlights of your trip.

More Places for Trip Planning

More places for orientation: Castel Dell'aquila, Narni, Benano, Attigliano, Canino, Castel Giorgio, Arrone and Portaria.

For the higher-level travel overview: Terni.