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NARNI
Nequinum,
as was known by the Romans who made of it, subsequenlty to
the annexation to Rome happened in the 299 a.C with the name
of Nania, a main node of the via Flaminia
giving to it a great period of economic development. But Narni
has ancient origin dating back to the neolithic age.
Narni raises on a sur of rock and dominates
with its famous rocca the valley of Fiume Nera and the Conca
Ternana. This position of dominion often put it to the center
of the fights for the territory since the time of first barbaric
invasions. As other cities in Umbria developed a lot during
the Middle Ages becoming a cultural center of primary importance
of the region. In 1527 was plundered and destroyed by the
Lanzichenecchi going down to Rome.
The public square of Narni is made up of precious buildings
like Palazzo Comunale (1273, it keeps works by Ghirlandaio)
and Palazzo dei Priori (1275), but many others are the places
to visit in the city: the church of San Francesco
(XIII sec.) and its frescoes, Sant'Agostino
(XIV sec.) and Santa Margherita. To testimony of a more ancient
past out of the city there's the Ponte d'Augusto, built in
27 a.C and the Rocca Albornoz, constructed
in the 1370 by Ugolino di Montematre in obedience to cardinal
Egidio Albornoz's wishes.
It deserves a visit also the protoromanic church of Santa
Pudenziana and the Speco di San Francisco. Narni,
like Amelia, offers to the
visitor also an underground show of Roman and Medieval age:
the Stanza del Tribunale dell'Inquisizione under the Convent
of Saint Domenico, with the annexed frescoed church of the
XII sec.
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