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The town of Norcia is one of the most ancient strongholds of that stretch of the Appenines known as the Sybilline hills.
Symbol of this most civilized of tows lis is indoubtedly Saint Benedict who was born here in the year 480, destined to lighten the Dark Ages and the centuries which followed. Here he founded the Order which was to spread its monasteries throughout Europe, and by means of its rules and its respect for history, for culture and for the intellect of man, would give shape, fifteen centuries later, to the ideal of a united Europe.
The town is entirely surrounded by its ancient walls; stepping outside the gates you find yoursel directly in the surrounding countryside. It is a perfect mix of historic and religious monuments: the Town Hall, Saint Benedict's churc, and the Castle surround Piazza San Benedetto: four Hundred yeqars of architecture, from the thirteenth century on.
Nerina Valley
The Nerina valley is 70 kilometres long, and into it flow many streams and brooks cutting through the mountainsides to reach the valley bottom. Other, smaller, valleys also lead into it. It is a land moulded by the forces of nature, chief among them the river Nera; men in ancient times named it the Nerina valley in homage to the river. Men have dwelt here ever since prehistoric times, tenaciously making a living from this hard but not completely barren land, and have woeked hand in hand with Nature to shape the landscape so that Nature anti Civilization are closely interwoven. There are a mere fifteen thousand inhabitants scattered over three hundred square chilometres, living in small communities in every corner of the Nerina valley, and proud to be the guardians of a land where the real wholesome values of life are upheld and honoured.
The Sybilline Hills National Park
...Terra di magia ...Terra di sacralità
"...Sappiate che io non vado dalla Sibilla per nessun fine disonesto e malvagio, o per commettere nessun fallo o peccato: ma mi vi reco per aver mezzo da essa di ritrovare la mia prosopia..." "Sappi che io, finora non ho trascurato nulla, ed ho viaggiato per mondo, visitando l'Asia, l'Africa, la Barberia, l'Indie e vidi Costantinopoli visitando persino gli alberi del sole e della luna. Da tutte le mie ricerche è scaturito che io debba condurmi presso questa fata, essendo essa l'unica che possa pormi sulla traccia di quello che tanto ardentemente vado cercando."
(Guerin detto il Meschino - Andrea da Barberino 1390)
Nature and Civilizations closey interwoven form thefoundations of the Sybilline Hills National Park. The very name conjures up the magical atmosfere of ancient prophecy in the figure of the Cuman Sybil, the oldest inhabitant of these hills. The park includes land in Umbria and in the Marche; the part in Umbria takes in the entire territory of Norcia and Preci. The landscape and the fegetahon give rise to an ever-changing variety of scenary from season to season, partly owing to Nature and partly to man who has been able to strike the right balance between the reseurces available and the necessities of life. Nature has made Man a gift of breathtaking view: Castelluccio, at 1500 metres above sea-level, dominates an immense plateau, and is in turn dominated by Monte Vettore, a massive mountain 2,470 metres high. The whole is a dizzy whirl of plains and vertical rock faces, that triumph of contrast which philosophers call "sublime". Man in his turn has left signs xhich have their origin in a desire to express faith in the Creator and a sense of belonging to a community. and whic have become universally acknowledged works of art.
The Abbey of Sant’Eutizio, a few kilometres from Preci, sixth-century religious fortress and authentic expression of the Benedictine movement which had its origins right here in Valnerina. is an outstanding example, as is the church of San Salvatore in Campi, whose two rose windows and two portals show that it is not always necessary to trow away the old in order to build the new: here the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries dwell together in harmony in one building.
And let us not forget the churcr of the Madonna Bianca in Ancarano. a truly extraordinary building, the fruit of art and architecture from the fourteenth century onwarcls: here every addition is an act of love made by Man and dedicated to his own little corner of Earth. Wolves have always lived in these hills, and the wolf is also a metaphor for the Svhilline Hills Park. Man has always hunted the wolf hy breeding animals. The Park is the outcome of this battle of wills between the tricks and snares of Nature on the one hand, and the clever remedies thought up by Man on the other. It is a delicate and armonious balance straigh out of Aesop’s fables.