Known as the ‘green heart’ of Italy because of its luxurious vegetation, Umbria is a region whose natural boundaries merge into the lands surrounding it; in the north the rolling hills of sand and marl seem to be a part of Tuscany; to the east mountain tops and limestone heights extend into the Marches and to the south-west volcanic terraces cut out of many large valleys lead into Lazio. Everywhere the region is marked by rolling hills interspersed with small plains, narrow gorges and gentle slopes. There are spectacular natural sights such as the Marmara Falls cascading down in a display of awesome beauty; the splendid Springs of Clitunno rising in fertile Umbrian countryside. Lake Trasimeno, mirror calm with its wooded islands, has the strategically important medieval town and castle of Castiglion del Lago jutting out on a peninsula on its western shores. The everchanging character of the countryside is matched by an infinite variety of artistic and historical sites; the famous spiritual monuments of Assisi and Spello; the architectural richness of thousand year old towns; the ancient Etruscan City of Orvieto, high up on its outcrop of tufo, with its beautiful Cathedral and remote traces of Roman civilisation with theatres, temples, forums, mosaics and country villas whose ancient charm lives on.

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