Mugnano in Teverina

History

An Etruscan necropolis used until the late Etrustcan period, Mugnano preserves at least ten Etruscan tombs. It later became inhabited as a Roman castrum (fort) along the Via Cassia that linked Rome to Florence. There is still a fragment of this road inside the ducal palace. Mugnano is located on the border between Lazio and Umbria, i.e. on the borders of the Heritage of Saint Peter, which forms the original nucleus of the Pontifical States. Mugnano may have been attached in 741, at the same time as Polymartium (Bomarzo). The first precise information about the village dates back to the Middle Ages. The first known lords of the castrum were the Mugnani, an important Guelph family from Orvieto 3, but around the middle of the 13th century the castle passed into the hands of the Orsini family of condottiere (mercenaries). The cylindrical tower of Gothic architecture probably dates from this period. In 1417, after Pope Martin V Colonna's election to the papal throne, the duchy (which may refer to a very small regionin Italy, since they indicate a noble rank and, in principle, maximum autonomy from the Prince) became the property first of Antonio Colonna, then of the Farnese family. At this time that the walls surrounding the castle were completely demolished during a short siege as part of the Pope's campaign to impose themselves against the Orsini, rivals of their family. In 1432, the Orsini family took possession of the city, later redeveloping the existing palace under the leadership of Charles Orsini 1. In 1587, the Apostolic Chamber, taking advantage of the extinction of the direct branch of the Orsini, seized the fiefdom, which did not return to the family's hands until 1707 4. Since the plebiscite of 2 October 1870, it has been part of the Kingdom (later the…

Most-observed species

• Hooded Crow

  Corvus cornix Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  249
• Eurasian Collared-Dove

  Streptopelia decaocto (Frivaldszky, 1838) · Aves
  186
• Eurasian Magpie

  Pica pica (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  183
• Western Jackdaw

  Coloeus monedula (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  160
• Eurasian Blue Tit

  Cyanistes caeruleus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  157
• European Robin

  Erithacus rubecula (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  152
• Rock Pigeon

  Columba livia J.F.Gmelin, 1789 · Aves
  152
• Eurasian Blackbird

  Turdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  148

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• M 4.2 — 2026-05-23
  4 km WSW of Bolognola, Italy
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  1 km NNE of Montecompatri, Italy
• M 3.2 — 2025-03-04
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• M 4.2 — 2023-03-09
  4 km S of Umbertide, Italy
• M 4.5 — 2023-03-09
  2 km S of Umbertide, Italy