Lazio · Viterbo
Bassano in Teverina
A tufa-spur borgo of 1,260 above the Tiber valley between Lazio and Umbria, with a clock tower that hides an eleventh-century animated bell tower.
Known for
CAMPANILE ANIMATO
A rare animated bell tower, eleventh-century Romanesque, walled inside the sixteenth-century Torre dell'Orologio, with figures carved into its peperino.
HAZELNUTS
Città della Nocciola of the Cimini hills, growing region of the Tonda Gentile Romana DOP between Viterbo and the Tiber.
TIBER VALLEY
Last spur of the Cimini hills overlooking the Tiber, on the historic Via Amerina between Lazio and Umbria.
When to visit
Best · Apr–Oct
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- Best
- Hot or crowded
- Quiet
- Mostly closed
The festa: Santi Fidenzio e Terenzio, 27 September
Why come
Bassano in Teverina sits on a tufa spur on the eastern offshoots of the Cimini hills, where Lazio meets Umbria above the Tiber valley. It is the smallest commune in the Tuscia Viterbese: 1,260 residents on a hill above the river. The town is built around the Torre dell'Orologio, a twenty-five-meter peperino tower with a hand-painted majolica clock from around 1700 on its face.
Inside it, walled into the structure, stands the Romanesque bell tower of the older church of the Madonna dei Lumi, built around 1100 and embedded within the new tower between 1559 and 1571 by the Madruzzo family. The inner bell tower is one of the rare Italian campanili animati, with anthropomorphic figures carved into its peperino columns. The Madonna della Quercia chapel, built 1674-1678, stands around the oak where a tile of the Madonna and Child was found. Bassano is a Borgo più Bello and a Città della Nocciola of the Tonda Gentile Romana DOP.
The Sunday letter
We haven’t written Bassano in Teverina’s letter yet.
One town every Sunday, with the photo, the food, the festa. Be there when this one comes up. Free, by Peter & Sophia from Pietrasanta.
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What to see
Torre dell'Orologio
Twenty-five-meter peperino tower of around 1500 with majolica clock face from 1700, built around an older Romanesque bell tower by the Madruzzo family.
Campanile Animato (Madonna dei Lumi)
Eleventh-century Romanesque bell tower walled inside the Torre dell'Orologio, with anthropomorphic figures carved into its peperino columns.
Santuario della Madonna della Quercia
Built 1674-1678 around the oak where a tile of the Madonna and Child was found, on the road below the centro storico.
Centro storico
Medieval ridge town on a tufa spur, one of the smallest in the Tuscia Viterbese, inscribed in I Borghi più Belli d'Italia.
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Living here
- Population 1,260
- Commuter belti
- Pharmacy in town
- High school within a 30-minute drive
- Nearest airport Rome, 1 h 46 min drive
- Regional capital Roma, 1 h 11 min drive
Tags & datadesignations · numbers · sources
Recognised as
The numbers
- Elevation: 304 m
- Population: 1,260
- Surface area: 12.17 km²
These figures were compiled from public directories — ISTAT, OpenStreetMap, Wikidata — and from the official listings of the guides named on this page. Town details change; verify with official sources before you travel.
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