Lugnano in Teverina (Lugnano in Teverina)
Lugnano in Teverina borders the following municipalities: Alviano, Amelia, Attigliano, Graffignano.
The ancient Roman villa at Poggio Gramignano lay in the hills near the Tiber, 7 km from ancient Ameria in Umbrian territory. It was a large luxurious villa rustica with farm-estate attached. It has been partially excavated.
It was built in the late 1st c. BC when it included large room (oecus) with supporting columns and a unique flat-top pyramidal ceiling; the foundations and soil of the hill could not support the great weight leading to collapse of the colonnade and other southern rooms around the early 2nd century AD; in the early 3rd century, walls and support buttresses were built to try to stop further slippage but from this time the villa began to fall into ruin although it was still partially occupied; in the mid 5th century many rooms were reused as a cemetery for at least 47 children up to 3 years old who died perhaps of malaria.
Other sights:
* Palazzo Pennone
* Palazzo of the Bufalari Counts
* Church of Santa Maria Assunta
* Convent of San Francesco
Map - Lugnano in Teverina (Lugnano in Teverina)
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