Comune di Giano dell’Umbria

It probably has Roman origins and flourished in the Middle Ages, as its urban structure shows. After being destroyed by the Lombards, it was rebuilt in the 10th century and from the 13th century became part of the Duchy of Spoleto, sharing its fate with ups and downs, until the beginning of the 19th century. It finally became independent in 1930.

The village still has its mediaeval walls, but it has Roman walls as well. On top of the hill, there is Palazzo Pubblico, the headquarters of the Town Hall, which houses a series of archaeological finds discovered in an ancient Roman villa situated in Toccioli, the 13th century Church of St. Michael and the Church of St. Mary, which keeps its mediaeval origins that will be modified by restorations in the 16th and 18th centuries. The Church of St. Francis is situated just outside the walls and has the typical single-nave system of Franciscan mendicant buildings and an impressive series of frescoes in the Chapel of the Crucifix, probably painted by Giovanni di Corraduccio from Foligno.