Ruscio is a village of east central
Umbria
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, a small ''
Frazione
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'' ('Fraction') of
Monteleone di Spoleto, located at 42°38N 12°58E in the upper valley of the
Corno River at about 900 metres (2953 ft) above sea-level. It is 2 km SE of Monteleone and 11 km (7 mi) N of
Leonessa. Its population is estimated at 200.
Monteleone di Spoleto is the village where a celebrated Etruscan chariot was found, now in the
Metropolitan Museum of Art
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. The village and its immediate vicinity also have several Romanesque churches, some Roman remains, and the
Bronze Age
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site, apparently a religious sanctuary, of Forma Cavaliera.
File:RuscioMonteleoneDiSpoletoMadonnaAddolorata4.jpg, Madonna Addolorata
File:RuscioMonteleoneDiSpoletoSantAntonioPadova1.jpg, Sant'Antonio da Padova
File:RuscioMonteleoneDiSpoletoSantaMariaDeEquo9.jpg, Santa Maria de Equo
File:RuscioMonteleoneDiSpoletoSantaLucia4.jpg, Santa Lucia
File:RuscioMonteleoneDiSpoletoFonteSantaLucia2.jpg, Fonte Santa Lucia
File:RuscioMonteleoneDiSpoletoMonumentoAiCaduti1.jpg, Monumento ai Caduti di Ruscio
External links
Pro Ruscio
''(Incorporates text from Bill Thayer's Gazetteer of Italy, by permission.)''
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Frazioni of the Province of Perugia
Cities and towns in Umbria