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.
28/04/2026
From 28 April to 2 May 2026 at the Teatro Nuovo 'Gian Carlo Menotti' ...
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30/04/2026
From 30 April to 3 May: food, music and entertainment in the historic centre ...
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30/04/2026
From December 2025 to May 2026, off-season performances by the Teatro Lirico Sperimentale ...
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10/05/2026
The market takes place in Spoleto every second Sunday of the month. ...
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16/05/2026
Series of events with the curators of the exhibition held at Palazzo Collicola ...
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17/05/2026
Telling the story of the territory through art and wine ...
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23/05/2026
On Saturday 23 and Sunday 24 may, the city’s first event dedicated to COSPLAY, TCG and GAMING
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31/05/2026
To mark the centenary of the old railway line, the cycling event will take place for the first time during the long weekend of the Republic Day holida ...
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15/07/2026
On Wednesday, 15 July at 9:00 pm at Piazza Duomo ...
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06/08/2026
From 6 August to 28 September, the programme features four new productions and a lieder recital, including three world premieres. ...
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13/03/2026
A sneak preview of opera, dance, symphonic pop, classical music and prose. Tickets are already on sale. ...
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16/02/2026
Until early June, an exhibition cycle that intertwines historical memory and contemporary sensibility ...
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01/04/2026
Scheduled visits at Palazzo Collicola, Casa Romana and Rocca Albornoz – National Museum of the Duchy of Spoleto ...
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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
Piazza della LIbertà 7
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
