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The City of Valfabbrica extends into the green Umbrian plain, in contact with the most important town of Assisi to the south, north Gubbio, Gualdo Tadino and Perugia in the East to West.
The origins of Castello di Valfabbrica are closely linked to the events of the Benedictine monastery of St. Maria in "Vado Fabricae", one of the most important cenobi Umbrian region. According to local tradition, the monastery already existed as far back as 820, the abbey was founded by the Benedictine along the coasts of Chiascio River, where the ford connecting the towns of Assisi and Gubbio. The old abbey was so powerful that it can compete with major neighbouring landowners. In 1202 the monks are deployed alongside the Guelf Assisi in the battle of Collestrada against Perugia. With the return of the Ghibellines in Assisi, the prior Rainero sanctioned the submission of the castle. His successor, focusing on the power of the abbey, tried to extend the domain of the same on the castles of neighbouring lords perugini. Quest'atto led to the rebellion of Perugia that in 1209, rase the ground Valfabbrica. The crisis that struck the entire municipality forced the abbey to grant the rule of Nonantola.
In 1497 the inhabitants of the city asked the protection of the Duke of Montefeltro, former Lord of Gubbio and, unless a short period during which Valfabbrica returned under Assisi, the city remained under the control of the Duchy of Urbino until 1632, when it was submissive to the State of the Church. During the protectorate of Guidobaldo II were renewed statutes trecenteschi, of which a copy is still kept nell'Archivio Town Municipal. In the statute appear formulas loyalty given to magistrates, the Captain and Massari, and there are also references to Costitutiones albornoziale of 1500, which made reference to the fees of reorganization of the State of the Church after the Pope's exile in Avignon.
 
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Umbria
Perugia