Usigni is a village in
Umbria
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frazione
A ''frazione'' (plural: ) is a type of subdivision of a ''comune'' (municipality) in Italy, often a small village or hamlet outside the main town. Most ''frazioni'' were created during the Fascist era (1922–1943) as a way to consolidate territ ...
'' of the ''
comune
The (; plural: ) is a local administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions ('' regioni'') and provinces (''province''). The can also ...
'' of
Poggiodomo in the
Province of Perugia
The Province of Perugia ( it, Provincia di Perugia) is the larger of the two provinces in the Umbria region of Italy, comprising two-thirds of both the area and population of the region. Its capital is the city of Perugia. The province covered al ...
a few hundred metres downstream from the source of the
Tissino River. It is located at 1,001 m (3,284 ft) above sea‑level.
The once-fortified village is now insignificant, with only 13 inhabitants according to the 2001 census, but was the home town of
Fausto Cardinal Poli, private secretary to
Pope Urban VIII, and benefited from his public-spiritedness: the church of S. Salvatore built by Poli in around 1640 was richly decorated with stuccos and frescos by
Guidobaldo Abatini and
Salvi Castellucci. Usigni is also very proud of an elegant well-head of the same period, attributed by some to
Bernini, which it has adopted as its symbol.
References
External links
Usigni (Thayer's Gazetteer of Umbria)
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Frazioni of the Province of Perugia
Hilltowns in Umbria