Cammino di San Benedetto
Cammino di San Benedetto in Umbria
3 towns
Umbria has 3 Cammino di San Benedetto communes in our index. All sit in the province of Perugia.
The three most recognised in our catalogue are Norcia, Cascia, and Monteleone di Spoleto.
Norcia
Province: Perugia · 604 m
Birthplace of San Benedetto at 604 meters on a Sibillini plateau, leveled by the 2016 earthquake and rebuilt stone by stone.
Cascia
Province: Perugia · 653 m
Santa Rita's town at 653 meters in the upper Valnerina, in the seismic corner of Umbria that the 2016 earthquake reopened.
Monteleone di Spoleto
Province: Perugia · 978 m
Where the 6th-century-BC Etruscan parade chariot now in the Met was found — a 555-resident Borghi più belli d'Italia borgo at 978m in the upper Nera valley, with a replica of the Monteleone Chariot (the original is in New York), the medieval Rocca dei Brancaleoni, and a stop on the Cammino di San Benedetto pilgrim route.
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