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Founded in the tenth century, the country has a very picturesque: Located on a hill 451 metres high and surrounded by magnificent olive groves, preserves the remains of the medieval ramparts, towers and homes dating back to'400 and'500.
Initially property of Abbazia of Farfa, Stroncone many devastation suffered during the struggles against Narni; past under the control of the Church, was rebuilt for the will of Pope Innocent III.
Now a powerful castle, hosted in 1463 Pope Pius II.
He was sacked in 1527 by the lansquenets Connétable of Bourbon.
Entering the village through a door we find the medieval church of San Giovanni, with frescoes in the school of Zuccari, and continuing to climb the narrow streets of the country, we come to the church of St. Nicholas, which has a Romanesque portal of 1171 decorated with bas-Byzantine; in the sacristy can admire a table of Rinaldo from Calvi.
In Town Hall is preserved an important archive where it is found parchments, choral illuminated currency.
Around the country to visit the ruins of Abbazia of San Benedetto in Fundis - founded in 771 by Anza, mother of Adelchi - and the church of San Francesco: tradition says was founded by the Holy together to annexed convent in 1213; portal of the thirteenth century, has a front porch where, in a chapel, admire an important fresco of Tiberius of Assisi, "Madonna Enthroned and four Saints" of 1509.
Inside wooden statue of San Sebastian, the school of Antonio Rizzo, and other fragments of frescoes.
Another interesting excursion to do a few kilometres from Stroncone is what leads us to The Meadows, a plateau to almost 1000 meters of altitude, equipped with tourist facilities: the splendid chestnut centuries of Cimitelle, and the magnificent landscape, both basin of Terni, both of the reatin valley.
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Umbria
Perugia