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Montefalco is situated in a panoramic position, dominating the plain of Topino and Clitunno. For this favourable position is called "The railing of Umbria."
In the church of San Francesco you can admire a series of frescoes attributed to Benozzo Gozzoli, depicting episodes from the life of the saint. In a Church of Montefalco, centuries ago, was a very special story ... A pilgrim had come from afar to worship the two saints of the Church: Blessed and Chiaretta (whose remains were - and are-placed in a tomb of glass). It was done very late, so the priest gave hospitality to pilgrims. The next morning, when the priest went to open the Church, he found the pilgrim accovacciato in a position of prayer, the priest came to wake, but he realized that he was dead. So he decided to seppellirlo, since that was devoid of awards. The day after the burial, the priest found the pilgrim who died in the prayer position in front of the two holy, the ripose in his grave, but history is repeated several times, until the priest decided to put in a glass tomb of its next to that of two saints. The body of a pilgrim has remained intact and, it says, that many have had through contacting him ...
 
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Umbria
Perugia