{"id":2020,"date":"2013-01-26T13:32:43","date_gmt":"2013-01-26T12:32:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.guidaturisticainumbria.com\/?page_id=2020&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2026-04-02T12:03:50","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T10:03:50","slug":"spello","status":"publish","type":"tour","link":"https:\/\/www.guidaturisticainumbria.com\/en\/guided-tours\/spello\/","title":{"rendered":"Guided tour of Spello"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a natural setting of rare beauty, <strong>Spello<\/strong> preserves the signs of a millennia-long history: its Umbrian origins, its full flowering in Roman times, the evolution of the medieval city, up to the great masterpieces of the Renaissance.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A guided tour of this beautiful city allows you to discover traces of this past: the gates and Augustan walls, <strong>Villa Fidelia<\/strong> and its archaeological secrets, but above all one of <strong>Pinturicchio<\/strong>&#8216;s most beautiful works, the Bella Chapel.<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Consular Gate<\/strong>, monumental entrance to the ancient Roman city.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Tega Chapel<\/strong>, with beautiful 15th-century frescoes.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Santa Maria Maggiore<\/strong>, one of the most important &#8220;places of art&#8221; in the region.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Baglioni Chapel<\/strong>, frescoes by <strong>Pinturicchio<\/strong> in Santa Maria Maggiore.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Church of St. Andrew<\/strong>, an impressive Franciscan church.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Porta Venere<\/strong>, with its towers is one of the symbolic images of the city.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>For good walkers, the half-day itinerary may include:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition to the classic itinerary, it is possible to deepen the visit by including in the route a walk to discover the most beautiful views:<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Arch of Augustus<\/strong> and medieval district of Posterula.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Porta dell&#8217;Arce<\/strong> with the splendid panoramic view towards Assisi.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Remains of the medieval <strong>Rocca Albornoziana<\/strong> (14th cent.).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Starting with the classic itinerary, which wanders through the streets and squares of the center, it is possible to create numerous <strong>tailor-made itineraries<\/strong>, perhaps including the small church of St. Claudius and a<strong> visit to Villa Fidelia<\/strong>, an 18th-century villa built on the site of an ancient Umbrian shrine much revered in antiquity.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A unique event, the<strong> Infiorata of Spello<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Corpus Christi, in Spello, is celebrated in a very special way: the streets and squares of the city are filled with the colors and scents of more than 1,500 meters of floral carpets, that is, real paintings composed with flower petals.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These extraordinary works take months to plan, but are carried out in a single night by teams of master flower arrangers who use only plant and floral elements for their work.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, these ephemeral works are intended to last only the time of one morning, that is, waiting for the passage of the religious procession that will trample them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":3219,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"categoria-tour":[165],"class_list":["post-2020","tour","type-tour","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","categoria-tour-guided-tours-in-the-umbrian-valley"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.guidaturisticainumbria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tour\/2020","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.guidaturisticainumbria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tour"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.guidaturisticainumbria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tour"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.guidaturisticainumbria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.guidaturisticainumbria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"categoria-tour","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.guidaturisticainumbria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categoria-tour?post=2020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}