COLLAZZONE
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Polychrome wooden Madonna
Old gate
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Collazzone
According to the tradition, Collazzone's origins date back to Attone or Azzone who settled there supported by the Dukes of Spoleto, who were interested in having this outpost under their control as it was very important for the access and the control of the Tiber Valley. The town stands on the top of a hill at almost 500 metres above the sea level in a region rich in woods of oaks, pine-trees and olive trees which make the climate particularly healthy.Because of its view, of its green woods and for the fact of being quite far from highway E45, Collazzone is particularly suitable for tourists, especially during the summer season.
The centre has all the essential characteristics of the Langobardic military architecture with its alleys which are concentric to the principal assembly place, its symmetrical and converging narrow streets, its walls, its bastions, its counterforts, its ramparts and its towers which are still untouched.
The parish church dedicated to the martyr Saint Laurence, is particularly interesting, as it was built on the ruins of what once was the quarterdeck of the castle and as it preserves a precious polychrome wooden statue of the Madonna with the Child dating back to the XIV th century. Moreover there is the ancient church dedicated to Saint Angelo, which is inside the Convent of the Poor Clares to which it gives the same name.
Not far from the town there is the Convent of Saint Laurence, which was at first a Benedictine Abbey, whose crypt has preserved the charm of the Romanesque architecture. The Convent was the latest shelter of Jacopone da Todi who died here on the Christmas night, in 1306.
On the charming Piazzetta Jacopone, built on the ancient cloister of the convent, stands the Palazzo Comunale (the Town Hall), whose portal, bearing the noble coat of arms of the Princes Cesi, was probably made by Vignola.
Modern hotels and accomodation facilities have made of Collazzone a longed-for destination for holidays and relaxation.
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