My Umbria

San Costanzo’s Torcolo
The typical sweet of the tradition to celebrate San Costanzo is, in fact, the Torcolo, behind which there are many legends and mysteries related to the Saint that still today make this sweet full of charm and history.

“San Costanzo da l occhio adorno, famme l occhiolino sinnò n ci artorno.”
On January 29, San Costanzo is celebrated, first Bishop of Perugia and one of the patron saints of the Umbrian capital together with San Lorenzo and Sant’Ercolano. The story of the life of San Costanzo and what hovers around it is full of wonder, amazement, faith and mysticism with a pinch of romance and sweetness.

Big Bench in Umbria
The much discussed and loved “Giant Benches” have also arrived in Umbria with five installations respectively in Colle Umberto, Città di Castello, Bevagna, Preci and Montefalco.

The Largest Tree in the World in Gubbio
Officially, the date of birth of the project and the construction of the tree that lies on the gentle slopes of Monte Igino in Gubbio dates back to 1891, receiving in 1991 the Guinness Book of Records as the largest Christmas tree in the world.

Dante and the olive tree
We dedicate a space to Dante and Umbrian oil through the book “Dante conversations. Oil from Umbria: what remains of Dante’s Middle Ages in food and wine Umbria”

Chocolate lessons
From the foresight, sagacity, vision and revolutionary and modern ideas of Luisa Spagnoli, Perugina was born in 1907 from a small laboratory in the center of Perugia