“FIEFS, CASTLES AND VILLAS. Historic routes” is a set of different itineraries that guide the visitor through the discovery of the Upper Tiber Valley, a vast area where the landscape takes onunique traits of unparalleled beauty.
The project is the result of an intensive interdisciplinary effort made by the municipalities of San Giustino, Monte Santa Maria Tiberina and Lisciano Niccone. The itineraries have been designed to promote the resources of the area, especially the ancient historic road network and the past presence of independent fiefdoms (the Marquis of Monte Santa Maria, the Republic of Cospaia, the Marquis of Sorbello with the Curia of Reschio), with their castles, towers and aristocratic villas. These itineraries are often alternative to the roads that are commonly used today.
In fact, in addition to the important historic towns that characterize the area, you will be able to discover unfamiliar landscapes and little known cultural assets, small rural towns, forts, ancient abbeys and country-side churches; all still well-preserved to this day.
The artistic-historical, landscape and naturalistic qualities that distinguish each particular municipal reality have been identified and enhanced through the creation of different itineraries that are structured according to homogeneous areas and organised along various types of routes (paved roads, local roads and foot trails) that can be covered in different ways (by car, by bicycle, on foot).
The itineraries are displayed on appropriate informational signs: general panels that are present in towns and points of greatest tourist attraction, and trail signs installed along the route. Enjoy nature and magnificent views: with the help of the guide and the map of the routes, travellers can choose the route that is best suited to their individual need, whether a more or less experienced excursionist, a fit cyclist or a family with children.
