To be convinced that buying real estate in this region is a good choice of life, just little, and just come and visit and see that a region and varied, covering many different aspects, each in perfect balance with the others.
A region where man and nature meet. Buy farmhouses and homes in Umbria means merge man and nature history into a single entity!
Every city has its own unique identity and harmonious, which is the result of thousands of years of civilization: Umbrian, Etruscan and Roman times, followed by the extraordinary period of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. Each period has left its mark in the form of timeless masterpieces.
Houses for sale to umbrian territory: a search that can create thousands of emotions, a life journey full of surprises continually directed to the signs of a past, eager to live again in the future.
Situated in the heart of Italy, is one of the smaller regions of interest for purchasing a second home.
The cities of region, offering a wealth of archaeological attractions, and a charming medieval landscape with old stone farmhouses and villas that testify to the historical vocation to be chosen inhabited by man!
Among the major cities to visit, with more real estate for sale include: Gubbio, Spoleto, Orvieto, Perugia, Terni, Assisi, Foligno, Narni and Citta di Castello.
Lake Trasimeno, a place of castles and villages and beautiful beaches, sun and sport.
Todi, elegant medieval city, a tourist destination among the most fascinating Umbrian.
Terni, a city of Valentine's Day and visit the waterfall Marmore a sight to behold.
Gubbio, the center is the oldest and most preserved medieval buildings in the streets.
Orvieto, a lovely town and a favorite destination for those seeking a quality tourism.
Spoleto tourist town of art and promoter of cultural events.
Spello, the witness of an ancient reality and known by tourists for the Flower Festival.
The Sources of Clitunno flagship of the natural landscape.
Norcia, a small and ancient tourist gem offers the visitor the ability to switch gastronomic tours, visits to the works of art contained within its walls.
Also lots of traditional events, fairs and traditional festivals are held throughout the year make this region a pleasant place to visit in any season.
Cooking in the region:
History has certainly affected the region and of course  also a gastronomic point of view. The food, cooking and food and wine are so ancient history.
We can not forget those who were the events and facts that over time have affected this region. Most of the Umbrian region was in fact affected by the civilization of the Etruscans and the Romans later. This civilization has made a great gastronomy is still present, in fact, the widespread use of legumes and cereals, especially wheat and barley that are the basis of many ancient recipes.
During the Middle Ages were the protagonists of the gastronomic production monasteries where they were made and tasty dishes where you gave great attention to product processing and to parsimony, ie to do "with very little."
The great observer of the "eve", ie the periods in which the Church required it to "eat fat" has certainly influenced everyday cooking that occurs today with vegetables, herbs, fresh herbs and fish lakes in the region.
Just in the traditional kitchen you can appreciate the subtle differences, the nuances in the different modes of processing, and packaging of foods that highlight the specificities of different local, nearby, similar but not identical.
Fine homes ... and a little history of wine!
The wine area more 'northern Umbr., north of the city' of Perugia, lies in the Upper Tiber Valley, which takes its name from the river itself. Here the cultivation of the vine is distributed on the large hills on the right and the left bank. The vineyards have excellent exposure, and their grapes go to an interesting set of wines produced under the DOC "Colli Altotiberini.
In this area, as throughout the rest of territory, the cultivation of the vine goes back to Etruscan times and witness beautiful pottery wine making, which mingled the wine, came to light from the Etruscan necropolis. Despite having ancient history, but ', the Umbrian wine production has given us evidence only from the Middle Ages. In the sixteenth century the Papal archiater Andrea Bacci, in his "De historia natural vinorum", provides more 'precise  and detailed nature of the Umbrian wines, and their production areas. The Upper Tiber Valley was considered by Bacci, one of the best wine this region and the experts still agree with him in recognizing the "land of great wines."
The wine region of Lake Trasimeno
This region, called "green heart of Italy 'confirm' his viticulture from very ancient times. In fact, the mild climate and the geology and morphology of the land favored the cultivation of vines, already 'from the time when these lands were settled by the Etruscans. In particular, the territory of the Colli Trasimeni lends itself to the cultivation of the vine with a sunny exposure and, to a microclimate characteristic determined by the heat exchange and evaporation that are typical of lake basins.
In this rather wide, from vineyards planted with the rows aligned perfectly with the masterful skill Umbrian wine growers, the wines of the Colli del Trasimeno DOC recognized from the beginning of the seventies.
Orvieto: The Etruscans, producing good quality wine, by fermenting grapes in tufa caves. Today, Orvieto is known worldwide for its dry white and sweet white.
Some Wines of Umbria
Torgiano: Although this wine is more recent production, he expresses a great variety of red grape varieties specialize in reserve, rose, white and sparkling wines.
Montefalco: This product was already known at the time of Pliny the Elder, with the name "Itriola", then replaced, over the years, from Sagrantino. Know of this red two qualities: the dry and sweet.
Assisi: Also this area (Perugia, Assisi and Spello) supports the production of red wines, ros and white. Known also Grechetto and Novello.
Trasimeno: The culture has ancient origins of life here, thanks to the climate of the lake and hill slopes, which favor the exposure of the screw, to the sun. Are excellent reds and whites.
Colli Perugini: In this area were discovered evidence of winemaking from the Etruscans and Romans. The area then extends to the south of Perugia to the right bank of the Tiber River
Folklore and traditions to this region
.: The rural culture, folklore and traditions of the 92 municipalities in medieval U., defined not by chance "city region" for its balanced distribution of economic activitiees, tourism supply already rooted strongly imbued with a history of art and more...
Folklore and culture are another way of expressing the popular memory of a past preserved in an integral manner, translated into everyday life as in few other places in Italy.
Looking through the calendar of events that animate the city of this region. catches the eye of the variety and multiplicity of initiatives to which the traditional combined with the most diverse expressions of contemporary creativity.
There are many reasons to celebrate every event and for local communities is an opportunity waiting to confirm identity and roots, while the tourist can take an opportunity to approach the most genuine and heartfelt expressions of culture and regional folklore.
The local products are the protagonists of festivals and fairs that are linked to the great culinary tradition: the triumph of the black and white truffles, chocolate, fine wines.
Superb atmosphere of a time you breathe in events related to the cycles of nature or religious festivals, it is not only re-enactments, but large events where the passion and involvement in collective return true vitality of pagan rituals mixed with ancient Christian devotions , knightly challenges typical of medieval society, or propitiatory ceremonies of the peasants.
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A bit of history:
Since the Stone Age, Umbr. seems to have been with its inhabitants, the progenitor of the Italic peoples.
The prehistoric tools found in this territory, mostly in the shape of the amygdala, consisting of Mousterian lithic fragments, and come from the terraced fields of the Tiber basin and its tributaries.
Remains of surface stations were brought to light and Torbidone Abeto at Norcia and consist of some objects with characteristics of the Upper Paleolithic and Neolithic and other typical Eneolithic.
Belongs to the Upper Paleolithic caves of the lower level called "Tane del Diavolo" at Parra (Orvieto); Eneolithic a tomb rests Kite (Marciano), the first civilizations of the iron to be brought back the burial of Monteleone di Spoleto and steelworks Terni as the foundation for some small stone houses.
Formerly rich in watercourses and pleasant greenery, Umb. has been visited by numerous migrations that originated from the Paleolithic.
Populations from the north or permanent, have inhabited this region at the center of Italy, in a favorable position for trade and trafficking of various kinds.
Iron Age in the Umbrian people of Indo-European origin, occupied the eastern shore while the Etruscans, a people probably "young" compared to the Umbrian, occupied by small houses or huts, the western part.
The old division, which often resulted in open antagonism between the two peoples is still evidenced by the traces historical, cultural, ethnic and urban areas of the two.
Important in the Tables of Gubbio, dating from the second century. B.C. and written in Latin and Etruscan, contains a key witness to the political and religious superiority they enjoyed in the seventh century. B.C. Tiber Etruscan cities (Orvieto and Perugia).
After a century of struggle, in 308. B.C. But the Romans were to impose itself on the two populations simultaneously, capturing the entire region and suppressing a vain attempt to armed defense implemented by Umbrian and Etruscan allies with the Gauls and Samnites.
In 299 BC The Romans founded the colony of Narni, while in 241 BC it was the turn of Spoleto. Thanks to the tolerance with which they treated the local population, the Romans secured the loyalty of these when it became necessary to stop the advance of Hannibal in 217 BC
Big factor for the development of the region was building again by the Romans, the Via Flaminia, which connected Rome to the High Adriatic, going up the Tiber valley. A new outbreak of revolt, however, break out due to dissatisfaction related to the distribution of agricultural land for the veterans of Caesar and Octavian. In 40 BC Octavian was forced to besiege and destroy Perugia, then to ensure its reconstruction.
Under Augusto Umbr. experienced a period of great cultural and economic prosperity. Some areas were cleared, others were elected to the residence of wealthy patricians, who settled large estates. Around the centurions, villages and houses were built in the city were enriched by great public works.
In late ancient times, under Diocletian, a reform desired by the emperor dissolved the natural border between the Tiber Umbr. and Etruria, forming a single region called Tuscania.
The fall of the Roman Empire, in a climate of general degeneration and depletion of land and the economy, the Umbrian region was the object of conquest by the Visigoths and Ostrogoths. Severely devastated in the early centuries of the M. E. by the barbarian invasions, the region was, at the end of the century. VI, divided into two parts, a Lombard, who formed the Duchy of Spoleto, and a Byzantine, consisting of the Duchy of Perugia, via communication between the Exarchate and Pentapolis on one side and the other Roman duchy.
The Byzantine Narsete conquered a land already plagued by neglect, destruction and poverty.
Then the region was the object of conquest by the Lombards, and these, moving from Pannonia, a region that corresponds roughly to the present Hungary, spread in the Po Valley and then to central and southern Italy. Pavia elected seat of kings, the various chiefs divided the remaining territory called ducats: among these was of particular importance to Spoleto, a small town, once a center Umbrian and Roman, was found to dominate not only throughout Umb., but also most of the Marche and Abruzzo.
Defeated the Lombards, Charlemagne confirmed the donation of these lands to the papacy, donation previously made by Pepin. Everywhere flourished castles, monasteries and fortified villages which still constitute the pride of the region.
Fortresses and castles made the area, now without any economic and commercial value, which is extremely important from a military point of view.
The ambiguity of the donation of Pepin, however, soon led to conflict between the Papacy and the Empire.
In 1155 Frederick Barbarossa Spoleto strenuously resisted and was destroyed.
During the city, Innocent III and his bishops attempted to regain dominion over the land now under the firm control of municipalities, giving rise to bitter clashes between Guelph cities and towns Ghibellines.
The Guelphs were mainly made by the rich merchants who, in order to continue their trades, need the support of the Church. Perugia was a city of great traditions of Guelph, for he was able to boast the only commercial interests that went beyond the regional borders. Ghibellina was instead Foligno and members of its aristocracy, always tied to the Emperor.
In 1244 the Papacy consolidated his power by leveraging its on the important town of Perugia and the region experienced another period of economic and cultural.
From the fourteenth century. However, the difficulty to govern the commercial competition of cities in Tuscany and Marche overlooking the sea and various social tensions meant that the city took root in many women. At the same time arose the first local estates and will involve other Italian potentates, as Caleazzo Gian Visconti (1400), but no one was able to create a vast domain and balance in this period were few rebellions against the power of the Popes and the first half XV of the Lord of Braccio da Montone Perugia surrendered the city of Foligno, Todi, Assisi, and came to Rome.
Dead Arm in 1424, The spirit of autonomy of the region was finally broken in 1540 by Pope Paul III and the Church began the reconquest of the territory, restoring its power over Perugia in 1540. Gubbio only remained in the hands of the Duke of Urbino.
The papal power was interrupted by the armies of Napoleon, to whom we owe the union of Umbr. to the Roman Republic (1798) and subsequent annexation to the empire in 1808 under the name of the department of Trasimeno.
Restored the papal government in 1814, the papal domain, having been part of the French during the Napoleonic period, in 1831 the region participated actively in the liberal movements of the Romagna and in 1849 joined the Roman republic. After the occupation of the Austrian troops, antipontifcio a motorcycle, exploded in Perugia in 1859, was cruelly repressed.
The region was thus reduced to a mere province of the territories of the Church until 1860, when it was built by the troops of Victor Emmanuel II of Piedmont in the newborn was Italian, after the plebiscite, making her return to its original identification as a Roman historical-territorial region.
After the drive, and most markedly in the first fifty years of the twentieth century, saw the strengthening bipartition that had characterized since Roman ttimes: one part was characterized by the persistence of the agricultural economy and the importance of cultural capital, Perugia and the other, with its epicenter in Terni, was marked by the spread of factories related to heavy industry.
If you read that right, and wise not just buy a home but live in this beautiful region!
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