Spoleto, Tour of the Hotel del Matto (the Fool’s Hotel) – Umbria, Italy

EXPERIENCE

In Umbria, in Monteluco near Spoleto, there is a place that seems to come out of a horror film. Just like in a classic, this story could begin with a disturbing detail: a hotel built on top of an old cemetery.

They say that the old owner, after having murdered some people, killed himself by hanging himself right inside the Hotel, also called “Hangman’s Hotel” for this reason.

We will explore a place rich in history, spirituality and mystery.

Monteluco is an area rich in history, the inhabitants of Spoleto and nearby towns have been going there for decades to spend pleasant days and have picnics in the open air or walks in nature, but the spiritual nature of the place remains the most Interesting. In fact, near the main lawn there is the “Sacred Forest” (Locus) which gives its name to the mountain and in which there is the famous “Lex Luci Spoletina”, a set of laws engraved on stone in archaic Latin and dating back to the 3rd century BC. which established the rules and penalties to which those who desecrated the Sacred Grove dedicated to Jupiter faced. Not far away and easily reachable, you can find suggestive hermitages and caves such as that of Sant’Antonio da Padova.

HIGHLIGHTS

Walk surrounded by greenery
Tour in a mysterious and evocative place
Place rich in history and spirituality

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