SPELLO, Italy - Inside a linen store is not exactly where you would expect to grasp the essence of an Italian city. But it was in the small boutique Il Telaio di Spello that shopkeeper Maria Covelli ...
Excavated at the Medieval hilltop city were three inner walls of what was a monumental structure, likely an ancient pagan temple, underneath a parking lot. Their whereabouts were pinpointed by Douglas ...
A team of archaeologists has uncovered the ruins of an ancient pagan temple from the Roman period in Italy. The temple was found during excavations in the ancient hilltop town of Spello, which is ...
An aerial photograph of the newly discovered Imperial cult ruins by Douglas Boin, Ph.D., and his team. (Douglas Boin via Courthouse News) (CN) — New insight into how Italy’s culture shifted while ...
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An aerial view of the temple walls unearthed north of Rome Luca Primavesi / Spello Project In a small town north of Rome, researchers have unearthed a 1,600-year-old temple dedicated to a Roman ...
Spello Hill towns are not exactly thin on the ground in central Italy. But Spello is more of a hillside town, its interlocked stone houses striding up a spur of Saint Francis's mountain, Monte Subasio ...
Because among the roster of more famous Umbrian hill towns it is often ignored. Spello lies off the road between Foligno and Assisi, a small, rather private medieval town, top, full of atmosphere and ...