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Comune di Giano dell’Umbria
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.
Only a few kilometres from Giano there is the wonderful St. Felix Abbey, which is a masterpiece of Romanesque art situated in a beautiful landscape. The church is a typical model of Umbrian Romanesque architecture with Lombard influences, it shows its original features from the 12th century. The crypt houses the remains of the martyr saint, St. Felix.
The castles of Castagnola, Montecchio and Morcicchia, where there are only a few towers left, are also interesting places to visit. Giano dell’Umbria is an area of high agricultural quality, and even though it is a small village, its limited territory has three denominations of origin areas: two of them are producing wine, and the other one produces extra virgin olive oil.
