Sellano
Member of I Borghi più belli d'Italia
Compact and walled, with bastions, gates and a few noble houses, Sellano stands on a clay hill 640 metres up in the Vigi valley. Its position on the routes linking the Valnerina with Foligno and Spoleto made it a prize for centuries. Since 2024 a suspension footbridge 175 metres high links it to the castle of Montesanto.
Highlights
- The suspension footbridge to the castle of Montesanto
- Madonna della Croce, an octagonal church finished in 1538
- The Palazzo Comunale, with 16th-century frescoes and a gilded copper plate
- Postignano, a hamlet founded in the 9th–10th century on an old road
- Hiking in the valleys around the source of the Menotre
Text adapted from Wikipedia (Sellano (IT), Sellano (EN)), Wikivoyage (Sellano). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Population: 972
Events through the year
- Festival of Forgotten Herbs
- Feast of Saint Severinus
- Feast of Blessed GioloCo-patron whose remains lie in the church of Santa Maria
- Festa Contadina
Dates follow the traditional patterns in our sources: check locally before you travel.
Adapted from Wikipedia (Sellano (IT), Sellano (EN)), Wikivoyage (Sellano). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Translated and adapted from open data: Eventi e manifestazioni in Umbria, Regione Umbria (CC BY 4.0).
Specialities of Umbria
Typical of the region rather than of this village.
- Black truffle of NorciaLocal produce
- Prosciutto di Norcia (IT)Cured meat
- Castelluccio lentils (IT)Local produce
- PorchettaDish
- CiauscoloCured meat
Adapted from Wikipedia (Cucina umbra). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Where to sleep
1 place to stay within 3 km
- Hotels 1
Data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
Nearby member villages
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