Thursday, July 29, 2010

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Spoleto is a town which is extraordinarily rich historically, its monuments are all linked together in a continuum that knows no interruptions, from Roman age to today.It is unanimously acknowledged among the symbols of international culture.The large quantity of architectural and artistic treasures of Spoleto make of this city one of the most popular tourist destinations in Umbria.The Duomo is a very impressive cathedral with a medieval setting and athmosphere.The historic centre of Spoleto can  be explored on foot and every tourist you will be impressed by the narrow cobbled streets which keep their original historical shape and charm.

Spoleto is a town which is extraordinarily rich historically, its monuments are all linked together in a continuum that knows no interruptions, from Roman age to today.It is unanimously acknowledged among the symbols of international culture.The large quantity of architectural and artistic treasures of Spoleto make of this city one of the most popular tourist destinations in Umbria.The Duomo is a very impressive cathedral with a medieval setting and athmosphere.The historic centre of Spoleto can  be explored on foot and every tourist you will be impressed by the narrow cobbled streets which keep their original historical shape and charm.
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The Duomo is a very impressive Cathedral with a medieval setting and athmosphere. The thing you ought not to miss in Spoleto is the medieval bridge connecting the Rocca (castle) to Monteluco mountain . It is about 700-800 feet long and crosses a yawning chasm of about 300-400 feet over what must once have been a flowing stream.

The Duomo is a very impressive Cathedral with a medieval setting and athmosphere. The thing you ought not to miss in Spoleto is the medieval bridge connecting the Rocca (castle) to Monteluco mountain . It is about 700-800 feet long and crosses a yawning chasm of about 300-400 feet over what must once have been a flowing stream.
 

"I climbed up to Spoleto and was on the aqueduct which also serves as a bridge between two mountains. The ten arches of brickwork have stood there so calmly during the centuries, and water still gushes forth everywhere in Spoleto . This, now is the third ancient structure I have seen, all of them with the same grandeur of design. A second Nature, one that serves civic goals, that is what their architecture is, and thus arose the amphitheater, the temple , and the aqueduct;Only now do I feel how right I was to loathe all capricious edificies, like the Winterkasten;(back in Kassel, Germany) on the Weissenstein for example, a nothing built for nothing, a huge decorative confection, and it is the same with a thousand other things. They all stand there stillborn, for whatever has no inner validity has no life, and can neither be nor become great." Johann Wolfgang Goethe ( Italian Journey 1816)

"I climbed up to Spoleto and was on the aqueduct which also serves as a bridge between two mountains. The ten arches of brickwork have stood there so calmly during the centuries, and water still gushes forth everywhere in Spoleto . This, now is the third ancient structure I have seen, all of them with the same grandeur of design. A second Nature, one that serves civic goals, that is what their architecture is, and thus arose the amphitheater, the temple , and the aqueduct;Only now do I feel how right I was to loathe all capricious edificies, like the Winterkasten;(back in Kassel, Germany) on the Weissenstein for example, a nothing built for nothing, a huge decorative confection, and it is the same with a thousand other things. They all stand there stillborn, for whatever has no inner validity has no life, and can neither be nor become great." Johann Wolfgang Goethe ( Italian Journey 1816)