Hilltowns in Central Italy
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This is a list of hilltowns in central Italy.
- TuscanyTuscanyTuscany is a region in Italy. It has an area of about 23,000 square kilometres and a population of about 3.75 million inhabitants. The regional capital is Florence ....
- AnghiariAnghiari-History:Anghiari is famous for the Battle of Anghiari between Florence and Milan which took place there on June 29, 1440. The battle inspired a fresco in the Palazzo Vecchio by Leonardo da Vinci...
- BargaBargaBarga is a medieval town and comune of the province of Lucca in Tuscany, central Italy. It is home to around 10,000 people and is the chief town of the "Media Valle" of the Serchio.-Geography:...
- BuonconventoBuonconventoBuonconvento is a comune in the Province of Siena in the Italian region Tuscany, located about south of Florence and about southeast of Siena in the area known as the Crete Senesi.-History:...
- Castelfranco di SopraCastelfranco di SopraCastelfranco di Sopra is a comune in the Province of Arezzo in the Italian region Tuscany, located about 30 km southeast of Florence and about 30 km northwest of Arezzo....
- CetonaCetonaCetona is a town and comune in the southern part province of Siena, Tuscany, in an area where Umbria and Lazio meet.The geographical elevation is between 250 metres and the 1,148 metres of Monte Cetona itself, at the base of which the town is situated at around 350 metres.-History:Some of the...
- Coreglia AntelminelliCoreglia AntelminelliCoreglia Antelminelli is a comune in the Province of Lucca in the Italian region Tuscany, located about 70 km northwest of Florence and about 25 km north of Lucca....
- Giglio Castello
- PitiglianoPitiglianoPitigliano is an Italian town and comune of province of Grosseto in the Maremma area of Tuscany. The town stands on an abrupt tuff butte high above the Olpeta, the Fiora and the Lente rivers.-History:...
- PoppiPoppiPoppi is a comune in the Province of Arezzo in the Italian region Tuscany, located about 40 km east of Florence and about 30 km northwest of Arezzo....
- San Casciano dei BagniSan Casciano dei BagniSan Casciano dei Bagni is a comune in the Province of Siena in the Italian region Tuscany, located about 110 km southeast of Florence and about 70 km southeast of Siena.-Geogrpahy:...
- ScarperiaScarperiaScarperia is a comune in the Province of Florence in the Italian region Tuscany, located about 25 km northeast of Florence....
- SovanaSovana250px|thumb|A view of a street in Sovana.Sovana is a small town in southern Tuscany, Italy, a frazione of Sorano, a comune in the province of Grosseto.-History:...
- SuveretoSuveretoSuvereto is a comune in the Province of Livorno in the Italian region Tuscany, located about 90 km southwest of Florence and about 60 km southeast of Livorno.- Technological sites:...
- Anghiari
- MarcheMarcheThe population density in the region is below the national average. In 2008, it was 161.5 inhabitants per km2, compared to the national figure of 198.8. It is highest in the province of Ancona , and lowest in the province of Macerata...
- CorinaldoCorinaldoCorinaldo is a town and comune in the Province of Ancona, within the Marche region of central Italy. As of 2005 it had a population of 5,187 inhabitants...
- EsanatogliaEsanatoglia-History:According to the legend, Esus, the Celtic God of war, would be the origin of the name of the Esino river, on whose shores a town, Aesa, is presumed to have been founded in Roman times....
- GradaraGradaraGradara is a town and comune in the province of Pesaro and Urbino, in the region of Marche in central Italy. It is located 25 km from Rimini and 13 km from Pesaro....
- Montefiore dell'AsoMontefiore dell'AsoMontefiore dell'Aso is a comune in the Province of Ascoli Piceno in the Italian region Marche, located about 70 km southeast of Ancona and about 25 km northeast of Ascoli Piceno....
- MonteluponeMonteluponeMontelupone is a comune in the Province of Macerata in the Italian region Marche, located about 30 km south of Ancona and about 11 km northeast of Macerata...
- MorescoMorescoMoresco is a comune in the Province of Fermo in the Italian region Marche, located about 60 km southeast of Ancona and about 30 km northeast of Ascoli Piceno in the valley named Valdaso...
- San GinesioSan GinesioSan Ginesio is a comune in the Province of Macerata in the Italian region Marche, located about 60 km southwest of Ancona and about 25 km southwest of Macerata...
- VissoVissoVisso is a comune in the Province of Macerata in the Italian region Marche, located about 80 km southwest of Ancona and about 50 km southwest of Macerata. It houses the seat of the Monti Sibillini National Park.-External links:...
- Corinaldo
- UmbriaUmbriaUmbria is a region of modern central Italy. It is one of the smallest Italian regions and the only peninsular region that is landlocked.Its capital is Perugia.Assisi and Norcia are historical towns associated with St. Francis of Assisi, and St...
- BevagnaBevagnaBevagna is a town and comune in the central part of the Italian province of Perugia, , in the flood plain of the Topino river.Bevagna is 25 km SE of Perugia, 8 km west of Foligno, 7 km north-north-west of Montefalco, 16 km south of Assisi and 15 km north-west of Trevi.It...
- Castiglione del LagoCastiglione del LagoCastiglione del Lago is a town in the Province of Perugia of Umbria , on the southwest corner of Lake Trasimeno. Orvieto is 59 km south, Chiusi is 21 km to the south west, Arezzo is 56 km to the north west, Cortona is 21 km to the north and Perugia is 47 km to the south...
- CorcianoCorcianoCorciano is a comune in the Province of Perugia in the Italian region Umbria, located about 8 km west of Perugia. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 17,008 and an area of 63.7 km²...
- MontefalcoMontefalcoMontefalco is a town and comune in the central part of the Italian province of Perugia, on an outcrop of the Colli Martani above the flood plain of the Clitunno river, 7 km SE of Bevagna, 11 km SW of Foligno, and 9 km NW of Trevi.-History:The town has been actively settled since...
- MontoneMontoneMontone is a comune in the Province of Perugia in the Italian region Umbria, located about 35 km north of Perugia.Montone is a walled medieval village with a small industrial and housing estate surrounding the walled town center...
- NorciaNorciaNorcia is a town and comune in the province of Perugia in southeastern Umbria, located in a wide plain abutting the Monti Sibillini, a subrange of the Apennines with some of its highest peaks, near the Sordo River, a small stream that eventually flows into the Nera...
- PacianoPacianoPaciano is a comune in the Province of Perugia in the Italian region Umbria, located about 30 km southwest of Perugia. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 974 and an area of 16.8 km²....
- TreviTreviTrevi is an ancient town and comune in Umbria, Italy, on the lower flank of Monte Serano overlooking the wide plain of the Clitunno river system. It is 10 km SSE of Foligno and 20 km north of Spoleto....
- Vallo di NeraVallo di NeraVallo di Nera is a comune in the Province of Perugia in the Italian region Umbria, located about 60 km southeast of Perugia.-External links:*...
- Bevagna
- LaziLaziLazi may refer to:#the Latin name for the Laz people#Lazi, Siquijor, city in Philippines#Lazi County, county in Tibet#Lhazê , village in Tibet...
o- CampodimeleCampodimeleCampodimele is a town and comune in the province of Latina, in the Lazio region of central Italy. It is located on a steep Karstic hill, between the Monti Ausoni and Monti Aurunci ranges.The economy is mostly based on agriculture.-History:...
- Castel di ToraCastel di ToraCastel di Tora is a comune in the Province of Rieti in the Italian region Latium, located about 50 km northeast of Rome and about 20 km southeast of Rieti...
- Castel GandolfoCastel GandolfoCastel Gandolfo is a small Italian town or comune in Lazio that occupies a height overlooking Lake Albano about 15 miles south-east of Rome, on the Alban Hills. It is best known as the summer residence of the Pope. It is an Italian town with the population of 8834...
- Civita di BagnoregioCivita di BagnoregioCivita di Bagnoregio is a town in the Province of Viterbo in Central Italy, a frazione of the comune of Bagnoregio, 2 km W from it. It is about north of Rome.-History:...
- Collalto SabinoCollalto SabinoCollalto Sabino is a comune in the Province of Rieti in the Italian region Latium, located about 50 km northeast of Rome and about 35 km southeast of Rieti....
- San Donato Val di CominoSan Donato Val di CominoSan Donato Val di Comino is a comune in the Province of Frosinone in the Italian region Lazio, located in the Comino Valley about 110 km east of Rome and about 40 km east of Frosinone...
- SperlongaSperlongaSperlonga is a coastal town in the province of Latina, Italy, about half way between Rome and Naples.Surrounding towns include Terracina to the West, Fondi to the North, Itri to the North-East, and Gaeta to the East.-History:...
- Campodimele
- AbruzzoAbruzzoAbruzzo is a region in Italy, its western border lying less than due east of Rome. Abruzzo borders the region of Marche to the north, Lazio to the west and south-west, Molise to the south-east, and the Adriatic Sea to the east...
- Anversa degli AbruzziAnversa degli AbruzziAnversa degli Abruzzi is a comune and town in the Province of L'Aquila in the Abruzzo region of Italy-Points of interest:* Giardino Botanico Gole del Sagittario* Botanical Garden at the Sorgenti del Cavuto...
- Castel del Monte
- CastelliCastelli- People :* Benedetto Castelli , Mathematician* David Castelli , Italian scholar and educator in the field of secular Jewish studies* Ignaz Franz Castelli, , Austrian dramatist...
- GuardiagreleGuardiagreleGuardiagrele is a town and comune in the province of Chieti, part of the Abruzzo region of central Italy. It is situated in the foothills of the Maiella mountain at an elevation of around 576 metres...
- IntrodacquaIntrodacquaIntrodacqua is a comune and town in the Province of L'Aquila in the Abruzzo region of Italy...
- PacentroPacentroPacentro is a comune of 1279 inhabitants of the province of L'Aquila in Abruzzo, Italy. It is a well preserved historic medieval village located in the central part of Italy, several kilometers from the City of Sulmona about 170 km east of Rome...
- PescocostanzoPescocostanzoPescocostanzo is a comune and town in the Province of L'Aquila in the Abruzzo region of Italy-External links:* * *...
- Pettorano sul GizioPettorano sul GizioPettorano sul Gizio is a comune and town in the Province of L'Aquila in the Abruzzo region of Italy...
- PietracamelaPietracamelaPietracamela is a town and comune in Teramo province in the Abruzzo region of eastern Italy. It is located at the feet of the Gran Sasso massif, in the natural park known as the "Gran Sasso e Monti della Laga National Park"....
- Santo Stefano di SessanioSanto Stefano di SessanioSanto Stefano di Sessanio is a comune and hill town in the Province of L'Aquila in the Abruzzo region of Italy. Located in an Italian national park, the Gran Sasso e Monti della Laga National Park,in the highest region of the Apennines, this medieval hill town sits adjacent to the high plain of...
- Scanno
- TagliacozzoTagliacozzo-History:Near the modern city was fought the Battle of Tagliacozzo between Conradin of Hohenstaufen and Charles I of Anjou.-Main sights:*The Palazzo Ducale , built by Roberto Orsini....
- Anversa degli Abruzzi
- MoliseMoliseMolise is a region of Southern Italy, the second smallest of the regions. It was formerly part of the region of Abruzzi e Molise and now a separate entity...