Cannara is a town and comune on the Topino River in the floodplain of central Umbria , in the province of Perugia . It is located about 7 km west of Spello and 9 km north of Bevagna .
6-494: It is a low-key agricultural village: its main business is the growing of wheat and onions. Its railroad station is used for freight and does not serve passengers. As indicated by the etymology of the name (from canna , rushes), it is a medieval town, recent by the standards of the region, since in earlier times the site was underwater in the Lacus Clitorius that covered much of the area between Bastia Umbra and Foligno , and
12-477: The Italian region Umbria , located about 15 km southeast of Perugia . As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 20,523 and an area of 27.6 km . Bastia Umbra borders the following municipalities: Assisi , Bettona , Perugia , and Torgiano . First news of settlements in the area dates from the 11th century AD, although the presence of Roman ruins testify that it was inhabited also in ancient times. In
18-552: The Middle Ages Bastia was entangled in the struggle between the communes of Assisi and Perugia ; in 1319, after a siege of seven months, troops from the latter ravaged it. Bastia was however quickly rebuilt with a new castle and 18 towers. From 1300 to 1594 it was a possession of Perugia, and subsequently of the Papal States . The suffix "Umbra" was added after the annexation to the newly unified Kingdom of Italy in 1860. In
24-575: The foundation of the Third Order by Francis of Assisi . In the territory of the comune, a shrine at Pian d'Arca commemorates the "Miracle of the Birds" of the same Saint Francis. Also, the little hilltop town of Collemancio has two old churches and a ruined Roman settlement identified by some with Urbinum Hortense . Cannara's main annual celebration is a Sagra in honor of the onion: the Festa della Cipolla --
30-510: The week-long festival, featuring onion-based dining al fresco, draws over 10,000 visitors and is one of the best of the Umbrian 'sagre'. This Umbria location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Bastia Umbra Bastia Umbra ( Italian pronunciation: [baˈstiːa ˈumbra] ) is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Perugia in
36-616: Was only drained in the Middle Ages. At any rate Cannara is first mentioned in 1170 as insula Cannaio — "the island of Cannaio"; the lake had not been completely drained yet. Its principal monuments consist in a number of small churches, among which the most important is probably the Church of the Buona Morte (also known as the Church of the Stigmata of St Francis), which may be associated with
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