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5 Sights & Landmarks in Acquasparta That You Shouldn't Miss
Discover the best top things to do in Acquasparta, Italy including Palazzo Cesi, Chiesa di San Giovanni de Butris, Chiesa di San Francesco, Ghetto ebraico, Chiesa di Santa Cecilia.
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1. Palazzo Cesi
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4.5 based on 28 reviews
Reviewed By WingedEye
This stunning sixteenth-century palazzo has very recently been restored and opened to the public. It deserves to be much better known. The building itself is very fine, as is the setting, in a charming square with a view over the Umbrian hills. The interior is remarkable. It has a series of rooms on the ground floor with mythological frescoes and outrageously good grotteschi by an artist called Giambattista Lombardelli (I hadn't heard of him either, but this was really impressive work). Upstairs, there are further frescoes, of Roman history, from Plutarch, and some extraordinary coffered ceilings. In the early seventeenth century, the palace belonged to Federico Cesi, founder of the earliest scientific academy, the Lincei (the lynx-eyed), of which Galileo was a member, and there are very interesting notice boards in each of the rooms giving information on their activities. The combination of attractive and beautifully restored art and history of science is unusual and quite compelling. Can't recommend this one enough, especially combined with a meal at the excellent local restaurant Vigna del Borgo.
2. Chiesa di San Giovanni de Butris
3. Chiesa di San Francesco
4. Ghetto ebraico
5. Chiesa di Santa Cecilia
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3.0 based on 1 reviews
