Holiday apartment in Bastia Umbra: history, churches and regional experiences

Bastia Umbra between walls and history

Bastia Umbra displays its historic character particularly clearly in the town centre. The historic centre lies within medieval walls and is characterised by defensive structures and alleyways lined with houses and residents much as they were in earlier times. In Roman times, Bastia Umbra was known as Insula Romana. Around the Aggiunta, sections of the medieval walls made of river pebbles can still be recognised; the five former entrance gates Portella (Porta Perugina), San Rocco, Porta Bettona, Sant’Angelo and Molini can also still be identified. If you choose a holiday apartment in Bastia Umbra, these traces can shape the cultural focus of your stay.

The Rocca Baglionesca and important churches

The Rocca Baglionesca is one of Bastia Umbra’s important historical and architectural buildings. Its fortified complex has projecting polygonal bastions and corner towers. The Rocca includes the single-nave Sant’Anna church, built in the 18th century. It contains two paintings also dating from the 18th century: a depiction of the Madonna and Child between Saints Anne, Francis and Clare by Francesco Provvidoni, and a painting of Saint Benedict attributed to the painter Francesco Appiani.

The Chiesa collegiata di Santa Croce was built in 1295 together with a monastery by the Order of Friars Minor. The Chiesa di San Michele Arcangelo is located in the centre of Bastia Umbra at Piazza Mazzini and was consecrated in 1962. The Chiesa di San Paolo delle Abbadesse lies near the confluence of the Tescio stream and the Chiascio River.

The Chiesa di San Paolo delle Abbadesse was built between the 11th and 12th centuries and was connected to a Benedictine convent under the jurisdiction of the Bishop of Assisi. In 1212, at the request of Saint Francis of Assisi, it sheltered Saint Clare of Assisi for several weeks to protect her from her relatives. In Bastia Umbra, this connects architecture with a clearly documented episode from the history of the Franciscan and Poor Clare orders.

The porchetta tradition in the municipal area

The Sagra di Costano in the municipal area of Bastia Umbra is part of the region’s distinctive character. It celebrates the centuries-old tradition of porchetta; its first edition took place in the 1960s. The festival includes food stalls and the photo exhibition “Un paese un mestiere: Costano e i porchettai”. It presents photographs and objects from rural tradition, as well as from the traditional craft of porchetta makers. For you, this theme can be a suitable complement to the historic buildings if regional food culture and craftsmanship are to help shape your stay.

Cycling connection and railway connections

In the wider regional surroundings of Bastia Umbra, an easy 12.8-kilometre cycling route is connected to the Ciclovia del Tevere and the Ciclovia Assisi-Spoleto. It runs from Collestrada to Assisi, has 80 metres of uphill elevation gain and 30 metres of downhill elevation loss, and comprises 10 kilometres of asphalt and 2.8 kilometres of gravel. For planning your journey, it is also relevant that Bastia Umbra lies on railway connections from Florence and Rome via Terontola or Foligno and Perugia.

Your holiday apartment in Bastia Umbra

When choosing your holiday apartment in Bastia Umbra, you can consciously set the focus of your stay: on medieval walls, churches and local history, on the porchetta tradition in the municipal area, or on the regional cycling connection. The railway connections add a specific travel-planning aspect to these options. This allows you to align your accommodation choice with your own interests and your preferred daily rhythm, without reducing Bastia Umbra to just one single experience.

Discover more places

If you would like to include other places beyond Bastia Umbra: Pucciarelli, San Biagio De La Valle, Izzalini, Pantanella, Badiola, Gubbio, Pieve and Ferretto.

For the overarching travel overview: Perugia.