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Narni underground, with its legends, inspired Lewis Carroll for the creation of the Chronicles of Narnia

Book Crossing along the Silent Villages trail

The area around Narni was already inhabited in the Paleolithic, and in 300 BC. the citadel returned to the interests of Rome and thus became a Roman colony and strategic center along the Via Flaminia. Today it preserves numerous historical and artistic monuments, such as the Duomo, the Palazzo dei Priori and the Augusto bridge.

It is said that the ancient fortress took its current name from some followers of the Ghibelline tyrant Ezzelino da Romano (1194-1259) Ghibelline, the living Satan, mayor of Verona, son-in-law of Frederick II (in 1238 he married his daughter Selvaggia), who, having driven out the Guelphs, took possession of it, fortifying with walls and towers that locality with about 160 souls which before then was called villa and had the new name of Izzalini. https://www.iluoghidelsilenzio.it/castello-di-izzalini-todi-pg/

ocated on a hill overlooking the Tiber valley, Montecchio preserves the charm of the Middle Ages intact with its alleys, squares, the light tones of the stone and the mighty walls with defense towers. With a vaguely elliptical shape, the village is one of the best preserved in the valley. Soft hills of olive trees draw its territory. Dense woods make the landscape vivid and lush in the summer, while autumn paints the Mediterranean scrub in orange and red.

It owes its name to the abundance of waters that were in the area and to the numerous laurel trees that were found in the dense woods. The castle was born in the 10th century. as a fief of the Trinci di Todi family. After 1810 it became part of the Podesta office of Baschi. In the current entrance to the town, once the chapel of S. Valentino, frescoes from the 1400s are visible, which although they have been almost completely lost, still testify to their ancient and mystical beauty. In its territory there is the "Romitorio della Pasquarella" with the altar dedicated to the coming of the Magi and therefore to the epiphany.

Melezzole is a fraction of the municipality of Montecchio (TR), located on the Amerini mountains on the border with the Tuderte. It is located at a height of 611 m a.s.l.

The village of Montecchio has medieval origins. Built around the twelfth century. on Roman pre-existences, by the Chiaravalle di Todi family, it served as a fortified castle with two circles of walls, controlling the underlying Tiber valley. It is one of the best preserved medieval villages in the area and is today a lively town with various activities. It was ruled by several noble families, after the Chiaravalle, the Alviano, the Baschi and the Colonna, and then passed under the Acts.