Spoleto

Spoleto (, alsoUS: , UK: , Italian:; Latin: Spoletium) is an ancient city in the Italianprovince of Perugia in east-central Umbria on a foothill of the Apennines.

It is 20 km (12 mi) south of Trevi, 29 km (18 mi) north of Terni, 63 km (39 mi) southeast of Perugia; 212 km (132 mi) southeast of Florence; and 126 km (78 mi) north of Rome.

Founded by the Umbri in the 10th century BC and later taken by the Etruscans, it became a Roman colony in 241 BC.

Under Lombard rule, Spoleto became the seat of the Duchy of Spoleto in 576, controlling much of central Italy.