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Perugia ::.
Norcia





Norcia

Famous for its black truffles and meat products.

The birth-place of St.Benedict, founder of the Benedictine order.

Among the sights there are the Gothic church of San Benedetto, built in the shape of a Latin cross with a poligonal apsis, an example of Renaissance architecture - the Castellina by Vignola and nowadays seat of the Museo Civico Diocesano and the churches of S.Agostino, S.Giovanni and S.Francesco.



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