Panicale
Member of I Borghi più belli d'Italia
From its hill on the slopes of Monte Petrarvella, Panicale looks across Lake Trasimeno and the Valdichiana as far as Cortona and Montepulciano. The oval walled centre, entered by Porta Perugina and Porta Fiorentina, prospered in the Renaissance, when Perugino worked for its churches. His fresco of the Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian (1505) is still in the church of San Sebastiano.
Highlights
- Perugino's fresco of the Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian in San Sebastiano
- Teatro Cesare Caporali, a small theatre with boxes and a painted 1869 curtain
- Palazzo del Podestà on Piazza Masolino, holding records dating back to 1312
- San Michele Arcangelo, with a Perugino painting and the patron saint's gilded urn
Text adapted from Wikipedia (Panicale (IT), Panicale (EN)). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Population: 5,281
Things to see
Events through the year
- Gioco del FormaggioOld cheese game on the Fosso Largo street, recorded since the 1600s
- Good Friday procession of the Dead ChristThree confraternities carry crosses four to eight metres tall
- Feast of Saint George at MongiovinoIn the municipality; recalls the 1513 miracle of the multiplied bread
- Festival organistico MorettiniOrgan music festival
- Musica insieme a Panicale
- Feast of Saint Michael the Archangel
- Festa della PannocchiaCorn festival at Tavernelle, in the municipality
- Grape festivalFloats by the four historic districts, then a dinner of local food
- PAN OPERA FESTIVALChamber opera at the historic Teatro Caporali
- Chestnut festival
- Pan'olio
Dates follow the traditional patterns in our sources: check locally before you travel.
Adapted from Wikipedia (Panicale). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Translated and adapted from open data: Eventi e manifestazioni in Umbria, Regione Umbria (CC BY 4.0).
Local food & wine
- Olive oilOlive oilLow-acidity oil, a pillar of local cooking
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Where to sleep
6 places to stay within 3 km
- B&Bs and guest houses 3
- Hotels 2
- Campsites 1
Data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
Thermal baths nearby
- Thermal spa: Parco Acquasanta · ~39 min by car
- Thermal spa: Piscine Termali Theia · ~42 min by car
- Thermal spa: Terme di Chianciano · ~43 min by car
- Thermal spa: Terme Sorgente Sant'Elena · ~43 min by car
- Thermal spa: Bagno Bossolo · ~43 min by car
- Thermal spa: Terme di Montepulciano · ~48 min by car
- Thermal spa: Terme San Filippo · ~1 h 09 by car
- Hot spring: La Balena Bianca · ~1 h 09 by car
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Nearby member villages
- Paciano · 2.5 km
- Castiglione del Lago · 12 km
- Monteleone d'Orvieto · 13 km
- Passignano sul Trasimeno · 18 km
- Cetona · 18 km