Norcia
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Norcia, traditionally known in English by its Latin name of Nursia, is a town and comune in the province of Perugia in southeastern Umbria, Italy.
View of Norcia
Norcia in a 17th century print by Joan Blaeu
Central square of Norcia following the 1859 earthquake, photograph by Robert Turnbull Macpherson
Earthquake damage to the portico of the church of the Madonna Bianca following the 2016 earthquakes
Umbria
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Umbria is a region of central Italy. It includes Lake Trasimeno and Marmore Falls, and is crossed by the Tiber. It is the only landlocked region on the Apennine Peninsula. The capital is Perugia. With
Norcia
…known in English by its Latin name of Nursia ( NUR-see-ə, NUR-sh(ee-)ə), is a town and comune (municipality) in the province of Perugia in southeastern Umbria, Italy. Unlike many ancient towns, it is located in a wide plain abutting the Monti Sibillini, a subrange of the Apennines with some of its highest…
Medieval city centre of Perugia.
Marmore Falls.
Gole del Nera in Narni.
Piano Grande in Castelluccio with lentil fields in flower.