Flyup: places of the spirit

The Valentine's Lands seen from drones

 

 

The Flyup project allows a bird’s-eye view of the Roman archaeological sites in the area identified as the Terre di San Valentino, in southern Umbria.

 

Flyup presupposes and requires the involvement of tourists who, to enjoy this view, must physically go to those places. It is a stimulus to the real visit of the archaeological heritage and / or the museum structure and an additional cognitive tool to frame it in the territorial context.

 

Flyup presupposes and requires the involvement of tourists who, to enjoy this view, must physically go to those places. It is a stimulus to the real visit of the archaeological heritage and / or the museum structure and an additional cognitive tool to frame it in the territorial context.

 

To locate these signs (georeferenced) just frame the QRcode of the point of interest on the map and follow the directions of the Google Maps application on every smartphone. Using this page, just click on the MAP relating to each point of interest to activate the search for the route to reach each single sign through Google Maps.

 
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Collegiate Church of Saint Mary of the Assumption

Lugnano in Teverina

At the top of Lugnano in Teverina is the collegiate church of Saint Mary of the Assumption, built by Lombards between the 11th and early 12th centuries. The church houses sculptural decorations of great value and high symbolic nature. It is a particularly successful example of Romanesque art which in the Middle Ages served as the “Bible of the Poor”. 

Abbey of St. Victor

Otricoli

St. Victor Abbey, of which only a few remains can be seen, stood near the church. It was built in the early Christian era in honour of the martyr saint Victor, a native of Otricoli, whose body, together with other martyrs, was buried by Bishop Fulgentius in 540 A.D. 

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Romita of Cesi

Terni

In 1213, St. Francis founded the convent after having lived in a cave near the Annunziata Church. The current layout of the convent was the work of St. Bernard from Siena who stayed there in 1420. Today, thanks to Friar Bernard, the convent is active and hosts numerous passing pilgrims. 

Speco of St. Francis

Narni

The Speco of St. Francis has Benedictine origins. The speco is an opening in the rock where St. Francis used to retire in prayer and where the monks built a stone cell nearby with a wooden bed for the Saint. The Speco is considered one of the most important Franciscan sanctuaries. 

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Madonna dello Scoglio Hermitage

Arrone

The 16th century Madonna dello Scoglio Hermitage takes its name from the rocky spur on which it was built and the miracle that popular tradition attributes to the Madonna. It is said she appeared to a young shepherd and made a spring gush from the rock. 

St. Peter's in the Valley

Ferentillo

The abbey of St. Peter’s in the Valley boasts a history of thousands of years and has its roots in the early Middle Ages, when, around the year 500 A.D., three hundred monks fled from Syria. They spread throughout the mountains of the Valnerina valley with the task of evangelizing its populations.

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Church of St. Nicholas

San Gemini

The church of St. Nicholas was founded around the year 800 by San Geminus, from Syria, who became a Benedictine monk and settled in the existing monastery outside the oldest walls of the village. The abbey, inhabited by Benedictine monks, was dedicated to the cult of St. Nicholas, Bishop of Mira, whose name was contracted to Nicolò. 

Church of St.Francis

Amelia

Popular tradition has it that in 1213, St. Francis passed through Amelia and on that occasion, converted some women of easy virtue. Later, in 1287, Friar Bartholomew, of the Minor Conventuals, had the church built inside the village walls with an adjoining convent complex dedicated to St. Francis. 

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Abbey of St. Cassian

Narni

In defense of the Nera gorges and the corridor connecting Rome to Ravenna, in the 6th century, the Byzantine general Belisario, had a fortified monastery built above the Augustus Bridge near Narni. Subsequently, in the 10th century, after a period of abandonment, the Benedictines settled in the complex and modified it according to their needs. 

Abbey of St. Benedict In Fundis

Stroncone

Along the path leading from Stroncone to Miranda one finds the remains of the abbey of St. Benedict which takes the name “fundis” from the nearby spring of the monks. It was erected by the Benedictine friars of Farfa around the year one thousand.

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Map of the areas