It was lauded, immortalised and celebrated by Michelangelo, Goethe, Stendhal, Turner, D'Annunzio, Carducci. It has become part of the collective imagination as an international city of art, as a paradigm of culture and entertainment, especially since Gian Carlo Menotti chose it, in 1958, as the venue for the Festival dei 2 Mondi, one of the world's most prestigious and influential multidisciplinary events. The city, with its historical core characterized by narrow, winding streets, is nestled in a lovely setting, extending on the slopes of Colle Sant'Elia and overlooking Monteluco. The Teatro Lirico Sperimentale was founded here in 1947, while the Italian Center for Studies on the Early Middle Ages was inaugurated in 1952.
An important Roman colony and later capital of the Longobard Duchy, significant place of the Pontifical State, ancient "Caput Umbriae, Spoleto is part of the Unesco World Heritage since 2011, with the serial site "Longobards in Italy. Places of power (568-774 AD)".
Spoleto is an exemplary combination of nature and culture, a place on a human scale, with a prominent medieval and Renaissance appearance, but very ancient origins.
Its urban stratification is easily readable through its precious and millenary historical-architectural heritage preserved with careful urban protection.
A city full of outstanding monuments, theatres, churches, enhanced by an excellent gastronomic tradition and surrounded by a still intact and wild nature, which serves as a charming backdrop to the urban core.
Spoleto is a multi-millennial city and its museums tell of its historical and cultural identity as well as its vocation to the artistic avant-garde in the visual and performing arts. The collections preserved in the equally prestigious museums constitute a dense network of evidences on the evolution, from ancient origins to the contemporary age, of the city and on the fortunes that led to the establishment of an extraordinary cultural unity in the territory.
14/03/2026
Every week in March, the Spoleto Card offers opportunities to discover the historical and artistic heritage of the city and surrounding area. Themed v ...
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14/03/2026
Guided tours and educational workshops at Rocca Albornoz ...
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14/03/2026
On 14 March at Rocca Albornoz, on the occasion of National Landscape Day ...
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14/03/2026
Saturday, 14 March, at Sala Pegasus, the final event of 'Arti in Dialogo' ...
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14/03/2026
Saturday, 14 March at 9 pm at Teatro Nuovo Gian Carlo Menotti ...
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15/03/2026
Telling the story of the territory through art and wine ...
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21/03/2026
From December 2025 to May 2026, off-season performances by the Teatro Lirico Sperimentale ...
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21/03/2026
Saturday, 21 March at 9:00 pm at Teatro Nuovo Gian Carlo Menotti ...
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22/03/2026
Series of events with the curators of the exhibition held at Palazzo Collicola ...
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28/03/2026
Saturday, 28 March at 8.30 pm, the voices of the Teatro Lirico Sperimentale in concert with Umbria Ensemble ...
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28/03/2026
Saturday, 28 March at Teatro Nuovo Gian Carlo Menotti ...
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Spoleto is an exemplary synthesis of nature and culture, a center on a human scale, with a prominent medieval and Renaissance appearance, but of very ancient formation, with an urban stratification that is easily readable in its precious and millenary historical-architectural heritage
IAT Office – Tourist Information and Reception
Sede provvisoria:
Via del Mercato 18
06049
Spoleto
PG
Tel: +39 0743 218620
E-mail: front.iat@comune.spoleto.pg.it
Opening hours:
9.00-13.30 / 14.30-18.00
*dal 18 gennaio al 29 marzo: domenica aperto solo mattina
Giorni di chiusura: 25 dicembre e 1 gennaio
