... romanesque-gotica church erected between 1290 and 1338 on pre-existent crypt of IX century. Coming down towards such situated the suggestion he is concrete, the tradition wants in fact that this is the birth place of the Patron Saint of Europe and its twin sister, Saint Scolastica. Nursini manifest their faith to the Saint every year towards a fascinating evocation with an historical offer of the palladium of the town. The jewel of Norcia is “the Castellina”, in the central Saint Benedict public square, an extraordinary palace of century XVI, from the decidedly strict aspect therefore elegant to its inside just makes forget us the austerity facade. Architect of the Castellina is Jacopo Barozzi, famous best like the Vignola, one of the greater exponents of the Renaissance architecture, than for wanting of the Church he planned the palace in 1554 in order to accommodate the apostolic governors subsequently and Prefetti of the Mountain. The Castellina (in front of the Common, second palace of the custom that previews such disposition of the palaces symbols respective of the political and religious power) is today centre of the Civic and Ecclesiastic Museum. It comprises one extraordinary private collection of archaeological finds and recovered others in the Saint Scolastica plan beyond to the collection of coming from works of the churches to the territory, between which one most beautiful Annunciation of Luca of the Robbia, a stone altar of Giovanni Dalmatian and one of the more ancient wooden Depositions of the Umbria. An other sign of its rich hystory and its monastics orders is the exceptional shovel of Jacopo Siculo, conserved in the auditorium of Saint Francesco. Its represents the “Virgin Coronation” (1541), nursina version of the same subject executed from the Ghirlandaio for Narni. If you are loving the Romanesque sculpture you could simply be satisfied forwarding you to the alleys of Norcia until arriving to via Umberto where the “Tempietto” prayer site (going back to a 1354) is situated in order to perhaps ask for the danger of the plague or a former-ballot of the community nursina, all decorating with reliefs to bas-relief. The Valnerina, like the rest of Umbria, demonstrates from always having a particular relationship with the faith, true, sincere and deeply felt. A lot that the reverence for Saint Benedict, Saint Scolastica and Saint Rita still today maintains the characters intact always. The naturalistic aspect values the territory nursino. Localized inside of the national park, in a privileged position of the Appennino Umbro-Marchigiano, with only the atmospheres of exceptional value and for peninsular Italy, Norcia is the best privileged for who loves living the mountain. Beginning two steps from its walls you will find the Marcite, a system of always watered devised fields from Benedictines monks beginning from VI century where they had, in past, until 8-9 cutting of forage annually. By car or also on foot (for the fond of walking ones it trains) you will succeed in to point out to you on plateaus of the Lost Plane, Little Plane and Big Plane of Castelluccio, to approximately 1.400 meters on sea level. These landscapes seem infinite and the peaks of Mt. Vettore or the Queen’s Peak (very beyond the 2,000 meters sometimes) that you will catch up and make them feel yours. The wilderness aspect today covers the just importance inside of this protected area. They are in fact present the wolf, the golden eagle, the wild cat, the red deer and sporadically the marsicano tawny bear and the lynx. Still more important it is the presence of the Appennine chamois, now with one brace in the Zoological Area of Bolognola town and soon a nucleus in freedom on the steeps summits of the Sibillini Mounts. Our city, beyond to being the place of ideal departure for excursions on the Sibillini mounts it is also logistically, for who it comes more from far away, for escapes on Abruzzi Laga mounts (to least distance thanks to the Canapine Pass), Latium mounts of the Terminillo and umbrian of the Subasio and Coscerno-Aspra (near Spoleto). As far as the gastronomic aspect discounted to speak about black truffle valuable about Norcia, IGP (Geografical Protect Indication) lentils of Castelluccio, IGP ham of Norcia, pecorino cheese, annealed, and how much along is still the directory!!! At the end NORCIA, between Tuscany, Marches, Lazio and Abruzzi, with its nature, its tradition, its art, and its gastronomic culture is one of pearls in the green Appennino of our Beautiful Italy.