What is Trevi known for?

Over 200,000 trees blanket the slopes below the walls; Trevi is one of the Italian Città dell'Olio benchmark towns for extra virgin production. 1485 apparition of a weeping Madonna led to the sanctuary built in 1487, with a Perugino fresco in the chapel of adoration. Roman walls of the 1st century BC still encircle the centro storico, on the consular road from Rome to the Adriatic coast.

When is the best time to visit Trevi?

Apr–Oct. April through June and September into October are the months for Trevi. The olive groves are in leaf or in harvest, the hill is green or silver-gold depending on the half, and the valley below holds the morning light. The Festa di Sant'Emiliano runs the last week of January with the Palio dei Terzieri, when the three quarters of the town compete. July and August touch the mid-thirties in the Spoleto valley below; the centro storico at 412 meters stays a few degrees cooler. November is the harvest month for olives; the frantoi run day and night and the Frantoi Aperti weekends draw producers from across Umbria. December through March is quiet, with frantoi switched off and most restaurants on reduced hours.

Trevi is a comune in the province of Perugia, Umbria region of Italy, about 50 kilometers from Perugia.

How do I get to Trevi?

From Perugia, Trevi is roughly 50 km by road.

Umbria · Perugia

Trevi

A walled town above the Spoleto valley, ringed by 200,000 olive trees that make it the Umbrian capital of olive oil.

Known for

OLIVE OIL
Over 200,000 trees blanket the slopes below the walls; Trevi is one of the Italian Città dell'Olio benchmark towns for extra virgin production.
MADONNA DELLE LACRIME
1485 apparition of a weeping Madonna led to the sanctuary built in 1487, with a Perugino fresco in the chapel of adoration.
VIA FLAMINIA
Roman walls of the 1st century BC still encircle the centro storico, on the consular road from Rome to the Adriatic coast.

When to visit

Best · Apr–Oct

Best
Hot or crowded
Quiet
Mostly closed

The festa: Emiliano di Trevi, 28 January

Why come

Trevi sits on a conical hill above the Spoleto valley, the centro storico still inside the Roman walls of the 1st century BC. The town stood on the Via Flaminia, the consular road from Rome to the Adriatic, and grew into a Guelph commune by the 12th century. Olive oil is what people come for.

Over 200,000 trees blanket the slopes below the walls on near-ideal calcareous, well-drained soils, and the Olivo di Sant'Emiliano near the abbey of the same name is about 1,700 years old, identified with the tree the bishop of Trevi was tied to in 304 before his martyrdom. The Santuario della Madonna delle Lacrime, built in 1487 to mark a miracle, holds a fresco by Pietro Perugino. The centro storico runs in concentric rings up the hill, each ring older than the last, with the Palazzo Comunale and the Pinacoteca holding works by Lo Spagna at the top.

The Sunday letter

We haven’t written Trevi’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

Santuario della Madonna delle Lacrime
Built in 1487 after a Marian apparition wept tears of blood in 1485, with a fresco by Perugino in the Cappella dell'Adorazione.
Chiesa di Sant'Emiliano
Romanesque parish church at the top of the centro storico, dedicated to the bishop martyred in 304, the patron saint of the town.
Olivo di Sant'Emiliano
About 1,700-year-old olive tree near the eponymous church, nine meters tall, traditionally the tree to which the bishop was tied before martyrdom.
Pinacoteca Comunale e Museo di San Francesco
Civic museum in the former convent of San Francesco, holding works by Lo Spagna, Pinturicchio's circle, and a section on the local olive oil tradition.
Chiesa di San Pietro a Pettine
Thirteenth-century rural church 500 meters north of town, built of dressed stone mixed with material from ancient Roman monuments.
Bovara
Frazione below Trevi on the old Via Flaminia, home to the abbey of San Pietro and the millennial olive tree of Sant'Emiliano.

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Living here

Population 8,063
Commuter belti
Pharmacy in town
High school within a 30-minute drive
Train station in the comune
Nearest airport Ancona / Pescara, 1 h 46 min drive
Regional capital Perugia, 45 min drive

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Recognised as

The numbers

Elevation: 412 m
Population: 8,063
Surface area: 71.19 km²

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