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Only 15 minutes from the most important cultural centers, Deruta is at the center of the Umbria region. L’Antico Forziere is perfectly placed very close to all the sites of interest.

These are the distances for those coming from outside the region: Siena 130 Km, Rome 150 Km, Florence 170 Km, Bologna 250 Km.

Tours & Activities on the roads of the umbrian excellences

Cities of Art

Close to L’Antico Forziere is possibile to visit the most beautiful and charming cities of art of the region. In the center of Perugia, Rocca Paolina, the Duomo, the city art gallery, Priori’s Palace and its famous fountain recall the medieval Umbria.

In Assisi the rouds and churches bring the tourists in a mystical atmosphere through the life and routes of S.Francesco and S.Chiara.

Duomo of Spoleto, Gubbio, Spello, Todi and many more smaller towns, as for example Bevagna, Montefalco, Cascia and Norcia, complete the tour in our region.

Close to Orvieto absolutely to visit “Civita di Bagnoreggio” an old town founded by the Etruscans about 2.500 years ago. Umbria Hotels

Excursions & Activities

Hilly position of L’antico forziere favours pleasant walks all along the surrounding valley through woods, ancient farmhouses and fields of wheat and other products linked to Umbria’s tradiction. To spend beautiful open-air days our guests can hire mountain bikes. You can cover the most beautiful tracks of Umbria’s country or also visit panoramic views and the most famous historical monuments of our towns. On request is also possibile to have a guide for all excursions or ride a horse among the hills or in local maneges.

If you love strong emotions in Valnerina you can descend along the torrents running through our mountains with rafting boat or hydrospeed.

Not so far from Terni, S.Valentine’s town, the Falls of Marmore are the main attraction in a wonderful natural landscape. Trasimeno Lake, between Umbria and Toscany, is a touristic destination where you can spend pleasent days on its characteristic islands.

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Wine & Food Tours

For lovers of food and wine tours L’Antico Forziere is situated in a strategic position. It is between Torgiano, very famous for Lungarotti’s wine prodution where you can visit also the wine and oil museum, and Montefalco, worldwide area of production of “Sagrantino di Montefalco”. High quality oil makes our region proud and well known in the world and it is produced in many mills on the road for Spoleto and Spello you can visit on reservation.

We reccomend the Roads of Flavors in Umbria (Wine roads & Oil Roads) to discover our products and to make the entire Umbria region like a food & wine museum.

For the greedies of sweet we organize visits to the historical museum of Perugina where you can taste the most famous ialian chocolate.

Norcia, famous for cold cuts, mushrooms and black truffle, Castelluccio for lentils and Colfiorito for typical red potatoes, complete a tastes and tradiction tour.

• Gusto Wine Tours 

• Life…Italian Style Umbria Hotels

Cashmere Roads

Production and processing of cashmere is another excellence in our region. Most famous and important producer is absolutely Brunello Cucinelli in Solomeo (Perugia). For lovers of quality cashmere along the umbrian roads you can discover also a lot of outlet and shops like Luxury Cashmere in Ripabianca (Deruta). There are also Lamberto Losani in Magione, Chimar in Taverne di Corciano, Fabiana Filippi in Giano dell’Umbria, Zanieri and Ima Cashmere in Torgiano. There’s also a very famous outlet of the Caprai group Cruciani Cashmere close to Spoleto. 

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For the Children

Otherwise in 15 minutes you can go to the “Città della Domenica”, park inspired to the fairy tales in the countryside or in 50 minutes you can spend your time at the Activo Park in Scheggino. Umbria Hotels

Deruta and the ceramic arts

First artistic installations in Deruta surely were favoured by an easy availability of argil, raw material in ceramic processing. It was on derutians hills, where still was extracted in the early decades of past century, and on the surroundings, included the alluvial deposits of river Tevere exploited up to fifty years ago.

There are documents about the existence, since 1296, of the toponym “land of earthenware”along Tevere’s banks on the close territory of Torgiano. It’s been recently pointed out how in a wide zone within the middle tiberina valley, between Perugia and Todi. It’s possible to track down testimonies of convincing productions of bricks and tiles and terracottas, in ancient times.

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Later the appropriate geographic position of Deruta, could have helped potters’ development out and the expansion of their commerce. Especially because of the closeness to important of through and fluvial roads, was favoured the commerce and the barter.  So the city became, especially among XV and XVI centuries, an extraordinary phenomenon of “mono-economy” based on production of ceramic. This was confirmed also during the past century.

During the second half of XV century Deruta has been in the interest of some phenomenons that had a decisive influence on the development of ceramic. Deruta, and its master potters, was the centre of intense artistic and commercial movement. It emerged in particular a considerable phenomenon of immigration of potters, coming from many italian towns.

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At the end of ‘800 after a small abandonment in ceramic arts there was an artistic and industrial restarting. It was characterized by an exhibition, with prizes organized by the City of Deruta’s in 1872.

The exhibition of antique ceramics of Deruta was the background for the contest. Probably it gave the start to the idea of building a city museum, nowadays still visible within the medieval centre overlooking the Tevere’s valley.