From 23 June to 30 July, 2016 Palazzo Leonetti Luparini (Via del Municipio) will host the photographic exhibition SCHWETZINGEN by Horst Hamann.
The exhibition is organized jointly by the cities of Spoleto and Schwetzingen (Germany) in the frame of their sistership.
The partnership between Schwetzingen and Spoleto started in 2005, and the focus of this year’s celebration is Schwetzingen’s first-ever written documentation, i.e. the Lorsch Codex, dating to 766 AD. The exhibition Schwetzingen by Horst Hamann is but one of the initiatives included, and features photos of the city, its castle and its park, that catch the German city’s most magical and charming nuances.
Worldwide-famous photographer Horst Hamann’s New York Verticals, an actual milestone in the history of photography, won him a personal exhibition at the New York City Museum, the first time ever for a German photographer.
Opening: 23 June 2016, h 18.00
Opening times: 10.30 – 12.30 / 16.00–19.00
Closed on Mondays
Free admission
As part of the XIV National Urban Trekking Day, whose theme will be Trekking amidst mysteries and legends, the city of Spoleto proposes an itinerary entitled
FROM THE LEGEND OF THE STAR TO LUCRETIA BORGIA’S INTRIGUES
Many legends populate Spoleto’s age-old history, related to local facts and characters. Among the most mysterious ones you certainly find the Miraculous Star, which originated one of the first orphanages on European soil, ruled by Augustinians Nuns. Following the nuns you will reach the church of St. Pontianus, with a first stop at the Roman Ponte Sanguinario, beheading place of Spoleto’s patron saint. The legend mentions it as the arrival point of an underground tunnel from the Rocca that was never found. The ancient fortress’ highest tower is also known as “the possessed one”; the remembering of charming Lucretia Borgia still lingers there; after coming to Spoleto aged 19, she was appointed city governor by her father, pope Alexander VI.
ITINERARY
Meeting is at Piazza Garibaldi (see technical file). Visit to the Auditorium della Stella and Roman Amphitheatre area. Visit to the Ponte Sanguinario (Piazza della Vittoria) – Through Via Cacciatori delle Alpi, Via Micheli and Via della Basilica you will reach the church of St. Ponziano – Return to Via delle Lettere, Via Ponzianina, Via delle Mura Ciclopiche (or the Ponzianina escalator), Piazza della Signoria, Piazza del Duomo (Cathedral), Via dell’Arringo, Via Saffi, Via del Ponte (Ponte delle Torri), Via Gattaponi and the rise to the Rocca (or via the elevator).
TECHNICAL FILE
Route information:
– time: 4 hours ca
– length: 3 km ca
– difficolty: average/low, rises can be avoided through the use of escalators/elevators
– where: Spoleto – Piazza Garibaldi, in front of Garibaldi’s monument
– when: meet at 8.45, start at 9.00
– Info: Comune di Spoleto – Tourist Office IAT – Via Brignone, 14 – tel. 0743 218620 – mail: info@iat.spoleto.pg.it
Reservation is encouraged, please call 0743 218620
Official website: www.trekkingurbano.info
Urban Trekking and Thematic Guided Tours
APRIL 2018
The Spoletium urban trekking, scheduled for Sunday, April 29 at 11.30 has been replaced with the guided thematic visit Spoleto’s Roman House:
Sunday 29 April at 11.30 a.m.
Spoleto’s Roman House _ Guided visit to the Roman domus of Spoleto
Meeting point: Roman House – Ticket office – Via Visiale
A new visit has been scheduled for Monday, April 30, 2018:
Monday 30 April 2018 _ at 16.30
A Noble Walk _ Guided Visit to Palazzo Collicola Arti Visive’s Piano Nobile
Meeting point: Palazzo Collicola Arti Visive – Ticket office
Free of charge for Spoleto Card holders (for non Spoleto Card holders € 3.00 per person)
Information and reservation: Soc. Coop. Sistema Museo – Piazza Collicola – Tel. 0743 46434 – 0743 224952 – e-mail: info@spoletocard.it
Information: IAT di Spoleto – Tel. 0743 218620 info@iat.spoleto.pg.it
Further info on www.spoletocard.it
Warning: The thematic guided tour A noble walk scheduled for Wednesday 15 August at 3.30 pm at Palazzo Collicola Arti Visive has been rescheduled to 11.30 am (Wednesday 15 August).
Meeting place of the participants with the guide: Palazzo Collicola Arti Visive – ticket office.
FROZEN PARK
Ice rink
from Saturday 23 November 2019 to Sunday 26 January 2020
parking area near Via Fratelli Cervi
CHRISTMAS MARKETS
Friday 29 November – Tuesday 14 January 2020
Casina dell’Ippocastano gardens
THE ENCHANTED FOREST
music concerts and Christmas shows on weekends
Saturday 30 November – Wednesday 15 January 2020
Chico Mendes Park
NATALE IN GIOCO
7-8 December/ 14-15 December/ 21-22 December | Old Town
children’s entertainment with Santa Claus from 16.30 to 19.30
CHRISTMAS CRIBS
from Sunday 8 December 2019 to Tuesday 14 January 2020
Church of S. Simone
Spoleto, la città in un Presepe – 10th edition
BAGPIPERS
7-8 December/ 14-15 December/ 21-22 December
Old Town