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| saint = [[Vincent of Saragossa|Saint Vincent]] |
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| day = June 6 |
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| postal_code = 06031 |
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[[File:Bevagna - Chiesa di San Michele e fontana.jpg|thumb|Piazza Silvestri|435x435px]] |
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'''Bevagna''' is a town and ''[[comune]]'' in the central part of the [[Italy|Italian]] [[province of Perugia]] ([[Umbria]]), in the flood plain of the [[Topino]] river. |
'''Bevagna''' is a town and ''[[comune]]'' in the central part of the [[Italy|Italian]] [[province of Perugia]] ([[Umbria]]), in the flood plain of the [[Topino]] river. |
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Bevagna is {{convert|25|km|mi|abbr=on}} south-east of [[Perugia]], {{convert|8|km|mi|abbr=on}} west of [[Foligno]], {{convert|7|km|mi|abbr=on}} north-north-west of [[Montefalco]], {{convert|16|km|mi|abbr=on}} south of [[Assisi]] and {{convert|15|km|mi|abbr=on}} north-west of [[Trevi, Umbria|Trevi]]. |
Bevagna is {{convert|25|km|mi|abbr=on}} south-east of [[Perugia]], {{convert|8|km|mi|abbr=on}} west of [[Foligno]], {{convert|7|km|mi|abbr=on}} north-north-west of [[Montefalco]], {{convert|16|km|mi|abbr=on}} south of [[Assisi]] and {{convert|15|km|mi|abbr=on}} north-west of [[Trevi, Umbria|Trevi]]. |
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It has a population of c. 5,000, with the town of Bevagna proper accounting for about half of that. |
It has a population of c. 5,000, with the town of Bevagna proper accounting for about half of that. |
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==History== |
==History== |
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Pastures near the [[Topino|Tinia river]] and the white oxen of the [[Clitunno|Clitumnus River]] (the modern Clitunno) are mentioned by [[Propertius]], whose family was from the area (from [[Assisi]]um, [[Spello|Hispellum]], or Mevania itself): they may refer to Mevania. Mevania is specifically mentioned by the later writers [[Silius Italicus]], [[Lucan (poet)|Lucan]] and [[Statius]]. |
Pastures near the [[Topino|Tinia river]] and the white oxen of the [[Clitunno|Clitumnus River]] (the modern Clitunno) are mentioned by [[Propertius]], whose family was from the area (from [[Assisi]]um, [[Spello|Hispellum]], or Mevania itself): they may refer to Mevania. Mevania is specifically mentioned by the later writers [[Silius Italicus]], [[Lucan (poet)|Lucan]] and [[Statius]]. |
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There are important remains of a temple near the north gate, of a [[Roman theatre (structure)|theatre]] built into modern houses in the (misnamed) via dell'Anfiteatro, lesser remains of a second temple in the church of San Vincenzo near the east gate, mosaics belonging to midsized baths in the via Porta Guelfa, and very scanty remains of an [[amphitheatre]] at some distance from the modern town. The original walls, which have disappeared, were, according to [[Pliny the Elder|Pliny]] ([ |
There are important remains of a temple near the north gate, of a [[Roman theatre (structure)|theatre]] built into modern houses in the (misnamed) via dell'Anfiteatro, lesser remains of a second temple in the church of San Vincenzo near the east gate, mosaics belonging to midsized baths in the via Porta Guelfa, and very scanty remains of an [[amphitheatre]] at some distance from the modern town. The original walls, which have disappeared, were, according to [[Pliny the Elder|Pliny]] ([http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/L/Roman/Texts/Pliny_the_Elder/35*.html#173 Hist. Nat. xxxv.173]), built of unbaked bricks. The town now has a complete circuit of medieval stone walls that are said to be very near, if not identical with, the Roman walls. |
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After the [[Lombards|Lombard]] conquest, it became the seat of a [[gastald]] in the [[Duchy of Spoleto]], and after the year 1000 it was a free ''comune''. In 1152 [[Frederick Barbarossa]] set it on fire. In 1249 it was again destroyed by the Count of [[Aquino, Italy|Aquino]]. The [[Trinci]] family ruled it from 1371 to 1439. Later it was part of the [[Papal States]] until the [[unification of Italy]]. |
After the [[Lombards|Lombard]] conquest, it became the seat of a [[gastald]] in the [[Duchy of Spoleto]], and after the year 1000 it was a free ''comune''. In 1152 [[Frederick Barbarossa]] set it on fire. In 1249 it was again destroyed by the Count of [[Aquino, Italy|Aquino]]. The [[Trinci]] family ruled it from 1371 to 1439. Later it was part of the [[Papal States]] until the [[unification of Italy]]. |
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==External links== |
==External links== |
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*[http://www.comune.bevagna.pg.it/ Official website] |
*[http://www.comune.bevagna.pg.it/ Official website] |
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*[http://web.genie.it/utenti/p/proloco.bevagna/ Pro Loco Bevagna] |
*[http://web.genie.it/utenti/p/proloco.bevagna/ Pro Loco Bevagna] |
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*[http://www.webvisionitaly.com/category.php?id=216&ref_genre=11&ref_item=167 Mercato del Gaite English Video] |
*[http://www.webvisionitaly.com/category.php?id=216&ref_genre=11&ref_item=167 Mercato del Gaite English Video] |
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*{{cite EB1911|wstitle=Mevania}} |
*{{cite EB1911|wstitle=Mevania}} |
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*[http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Places/Europe/Italy/Umbria/Perugia/Bevagna/Bevagna/Roman/home.html Mevania] at [[LacusCurtius]] |
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{{Province of Perugia}} |
{{Province of Perugia}} |
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[[Category:Roman sites of Umbria]] |
[[Category:Roman sites of Umbria]] |
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[[Category:Roman towns and cities in Italy]] |
[[Category:Roman towns and cities in Italy]] |
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[[Category:Borghi più belli d'Italia]] |