Bettona

Etruscan origins, Vettona was an important centre on the left riverside of the Tiber river, probably rose around the Vlllth-Vllth century a.c. Endowed with a Forum and a temple, it was fenced with walls, built with blocks of sandstone, it was Episcopal Seat, united to Assisi after barbarian invasion. With the ending of the Roman Empire it suffers Gothic, Byzantine and Longobardic invasions and devastations as well as fights between Guelphic and ghibellines in the middleage. Provided with a castle in the Xllth century, maintains its own autonomy until 1352, when it surrendered to Perugia which destroyed it after a long and memorable siege. Rebuild in 1367 by Cardinal Albornoz, it belonged far a short time to the Church and in 1648 it returned definitively to the Holy See.
PLACES TO VISIT:
- The Etruscan Hypogeum in Colle village - The Etruscan ruins near the Santa Caterina Gate - The San Crispoldo Church - The Santa Maria College - The Sant' Andrea Oratory - The Sant'Onofrio Monastery - The «Town-Hall» (Mayor's Palace).
EVENTS AND FOLKLORE:
12th May: San Crispoldo – Procession of the Dead Christ july 2nd week: Theatre - music and ballet August: grilled oche's feast 8th September: Feast of the «Madonna del Ponte».