Morning stroll around Città di Castello (Antica Tifernum)

The Pinacoteca: visit to the twenty-one rooms, which exhibit works made from the 14th century to the last century by painters such as: Raphael, Signorelli, Pomarancio and Ghiberti.

The Cathedral and the Duomo Museum: you can get there by walking through the historic center of the ancient town and you can see precious testimonies of sacred art, among which “The Treasure of Canoscio”, dating back to the 5th and 6th centuries, stands out. “Il Paliotto” in gold and silver from the Romanesque period, “Il Pastorale” in silver with gold and enamels from the 14th century and paintings by Pinturicchio, Rosso Fiorentino and Giulio Romano.

The Church of San Domenico: a severe and solemn structure from the 14th century. The body of Blessed Margaret known as “La cieca della Metola” is preserved in the main altar. Until 1808 it housed the stupendous “Mond Crucifixion”, painted by Raphael, now visible in the National Gallery in London.

The Church of San Francesco: was consecrated in 1291, then enlarged and rebuilt internally between 1707 and 1727. At the end of the church is the “Vitelli Chapel”, built around the mid-16th century by Giorgio Vasari. In one of the altars there is a copy of the very famous “Marriage of the Virgin”, painted here by Raphael in 1504 and now exhibited at the Pinacoteca di Brera in Milan.

Afternoon visit to the famous Sanctuary of Canoscio

Canoscio is a fraction of the municipality of Città di Castello (PG).
12 km south of the capital, it does not have a real group of associated houses, but it is important for the main monument it houses, the Sanctuary of the Madonna del Transito di Canoscio, a minor Catholic basilica that overlooks the Tiber from the top. of a hill, 449 meters above sea level The Marian sanctuary is one of the most important in the whole of Umbria and certainly the largest in the Upper Tiber valley. According to the data of the Municipality, it is visited annually by more than 100,000 faithful.