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It is the center of commercial and industrial richest and important of Valle Umbra and the main centre of communications throughout the region. Important node is on the rail line at the Rome-Ancona line Foligno-Terontola (Arezzo), which Flaminia road on the highway at the intersection of SS75 (Central Umbrian), SS77 (Val di Chienti), SS316 (Monti Martani) with the SS3 (Flaminia). It was called "port land of the Papal States" for its centrality road, "city aviation" for excellence for its aeronautical industries and especially to the Airport (born at the end dell'800), until 1944 one of the most important and better equipped Italy, destroyed by the Germans fleeing and now in the process of modernization.
At the Barracks "Jan. Ferrante Gonzaga of Vodice" of Foligno, is based, since 1996, the Centre National Recruitment and selection of the Army. The barracks had previously been based on 1 Regiment of artillery, then the School trainee officers and petty artillery and sucssivamente of 92 ° Battalion infantry Basilicata. "
History
The origin of Foligno proto dates back to pre umbra. The Fulginia umbra, then Fulginium Roman, located at the bifurcation (diverticulum) of the route Flamina (which here was divided into two branches) and at the mouth of the river Topino (the old Timea) to bottom, left to the modern city ' plant straight roads that cross at right angles. The roads are in connection with four Roman bridges still exist over the course of the river Topino. The city was prefecture and township entered in Cornelia tribe and had great importance during the imperial era.
It was important Ghibelline common in the Middle Ages and in Renaissance, under the lordship of Trinci, extended its borders until all'Abruzzo. Still only bulwark Ghibelline in Umbria (excluding the period of Trinci), clashed on numerous bloody wars and won against the nearby Guelf and Perugia.
During the Second World War was the seat of an important airport, barracks, schools and military industries war (particularly aviation). Angloamericani suffered numerous bombings that destroyed 80%, for this was awarded the silver medal.
In the history of the city were susseguiti many catastrophic earthquakes, the most recent dates from September 26, 1997 that caused serious damage to cities and mountain hamlets, some of which almost totally destroyed.
 
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Umbria
Perugia