Bastardo is an Italian village and ''

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'' (hamlet) of the municipality of

Giano dell'Umbria Giano dell'Umbria is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Perugia in the Italian region Umbria, located about 35 km southeast of Perugia. Geography The municipality of Giano dell'Umbria contains the ''frazione'' (subdivision) of Ba ...

, in the

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. As of 2011 its population was of 1,549.Source:

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2011

Geography

Located in central

in the valley of River Puglia, a tributary of the

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, at the altitude of 290 m (951 ft) above sea-level, Bastardo is 7 km far (about 4 mi) from Giano, 6 from

Gualdo Cattaneo Gualdo Cattaneo () is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Perugia in the Italian region Umbria, located about 25 km southeast of Perugia Perugia (, , ; lat, Perusia) is the capital city of Umbria in central Italy, crossed b ...

and 20 from

Foligno Foligno (; Southern Umbrian: ''Fuligno'') is an ancient town of Italy in the province of Perugia in east central Umbria, on the Topino river where it leaves the Apennines and enters the wide plain of the Clitunno river system. It is located so ...

. It is an agricultural products processing center that counts several hotels and restaurants, due to its location in a scenic area of Umbria.

History

The town grew around an inn and stabling station in the 17th or 18th century, and was once known as Osteria del Bastardo (i.e. "Bastard's Inn"). In the 1920s the toponym was shortened to its current form and, from 1933, a name change was suggested but it was never modified. Bastardo has been noted for its

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Main sights

*The Abbey of San Felice in Giano *The little church of ''Madonna del Pianto'' *The archaeological finds of a

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in the locality of ToccioliArticle on tuttoggi.info
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Gallery

File:Abbazia san felice.jpg, The Abbey of San Felice File:Madonna del pianto.JPG, The church of ''Madonna del Pianto''

References

External links

(Thayer's Gazetteer of Umbria) {{authority control Frazioni of the Province of Perugia