Spoleto’s Hidden Attractions
“Don Matteo”, the Italian TV show about an insightful priest who often aids the local carabinieri in crime-solving, has switched locations: episodes are now being filmed in Spoleto, rather than in Gubbio (much to the chagrin of the Eugubini). Scaffolded for years during anti-seismic restoration following the 1997 earthquake, Spoleto’s Roman (the 1st c. AD theater), medieval (the Duomo, the aqueduct, the Papal fortress) and Renaissance (Fra Lippo Lippi’s frescoes) glories once more attract the tourists and – now – film crews.
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