Exhibitions, concerts, festivals, reviews, appointments, events and more happening in and around Norcia over the next couple of months. Updated daily.
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Founded by the Sabines as early as 1300 BC, Norcia later became a municipium under Rome. But the city’s greatest claim to fame is having been the birthplace of St Benedict, the founding father of the Benedictine order of monks whose long history spans centuries of European history, including the Dark Ages. Today St Benedict is the patron saint of Europe.
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July 11th 1980 – Apostolic letter from John Paul II on the 15th centenary of the birth of St Benedict of Norcia.
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The main square of Norcia, with at its centre the statue of St Benedict by Giuseppe Pinzi (1880), contains all of the town's major monuments. The Basilica of St Benedict faces onto the square with its finely sculpted, typical Gothic façade.
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Notevoli sono le proposte della gastronomia locale, le cui usanze sono tradizionalmente strettamente connesse ai prodotti disponibili in questa area montana: tartufi neri di Norcia, pecorino di Norcia, norcineria, funghi, miele, farro, lenticchie di Castelluccio, asparagi selvatici, trote Fario, gamberi di fiume, fragole, more, lamponi.
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The most commonly found truffle is the Tuber melanosporum, otherwise known as Tartufo Nero Pregiato di Norcia. The truffle gathering season runs from December 1st to March 15th. These truffles normally grow in upper hilly areas, near oaks, hornbeams, walnuts and ilexes, where it is also possible to find other variteties of truffles.
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Generally known as norcineria, hams, capocollo, salame, sausages and other varieties of cured meat are some of Norcia's most coveted local produce.
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Among the many interesting events Norcia has to offer the year round, the most important is certainly the national market fair of the black truffle and local Valnerina area produce in the last weekend of February.
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Norcia celebrates its patron saint in the ancient ceremony of offering of "ceri" and "palleii" to St Benedict, from the town's surrounding castles and from the city's guaite, or the areas into which it is still divided.
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For centuries the Monti Sibillini spurned tales of fairies, necromancers and horrors of all kind in fantasy literature. These legends generally concerned two precise spots in the area, the Monte Sibilla and the Pilato lake. But this wild, untamed land, which has been the inspiration for many writers and painters, is today a popular tourist destination for many visitors who come here from all over the world to admire the unspoilt nature of the Parco Nazionale dei Monti Sibillini.
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