Cantalupo is a ''
frazione
A ''frazione'' (: ''frazioni'') 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 consolidat ...
'' of
Bevagna
Bevagna is a town and ''comune'' in the central part of the Italian province of Perugia (Umbria), in the flood plain of the Topino river.
Bevagna is south-east of Perugia, west of Foligno, north-north-west of Montefalco, south of Assisi ...
in the
Italian
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region
Umbria
Umbria ( ; ) is a Regions of Italy, region of central Italy. It includes Lake Trasimeno and Cascata delle Marmore, Marmore Falls, and is crossed by the Tiber. It is the only landlocked region on the Italian Peninsula, Apennine Peninsula. The re ...
located at an elevation of 201 m on the Torrente Attone, a tributary of the
Topino River
The Topino is a river in Umbria, central Italy. It was known in ancient times as ''Supunna'' by Umbri and later in Latin as ''Tinia''
and is mentioned by Dante Alighieri in the ''Canto'' XI of the ''Paradise''. It is the main tributary of the C ...
. It is a small farming community in the low alluvial plains of central Umbria; its principal crop is grapes for wine.
About 2 km north of the village is the roadside shrine of Pian d' Arca commemorating the miracle of St.
Francis of Assisi
Giovanni di Pietro di Bernardone ( 1181 – 3 October 1226), known as Francis of Assisi, was an Italians, Italian Mysticism, mystic, poet and Friar, Catholic friar who founded the religious order of the Franciscans. Inspired to lead a Chris ...
and the birds.
CantalupoBevagnaSantaMariaAddolorata2.jpg, The church Santa Maria Addolorate
CantalupoBevagnaTorrenteAttone1.jpg, The river Attone in Cantalupo
See also
*
Cantalupo (disambiguation)
References
External links
Cantalupo di Bevagna(Thayer's Gazetteer of Umbria)
Frazioni of the Province of Perugia
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