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Collelungo

SAN VENANZO, on Monte Peglia, 30 Km. from Orvieto, is the town of the District of Orvieto that lies closest to the territory of Perugia.
A small center of medieval origins, it became the home of the Faina counts in more recent times and their Villa is now the town hall. The land on which the town stands is volcanic in nature, as witnessed by the fact that right close by an apparently unique volcanic rock known as venanzite is found. The first traces of human presence date back to the Palaeolithic period, as indicated by several founding of rock human handicrafts, among which the remarkable one found close to a deposit of bone-breach of the "Villafranchiano" period.
The ruins of ancient castles can be seen in the hamlets of San Vito in Monte (where there is also a spring of water low in mineral content), Civitella, Collelungo, Rotecastello, and Poggio Aquilone.
At 800 m. above sea level, Ospedaletto is the communes most popular tourist centre. The pine grove, the parks and the animal reserve are visited by a never-ending flow of tourists. The park of the "Sette Frati", for example, is equipped for art performance of various kind, picnics, and has also a large parking space.
Accommodations available with families in San Venanzo and in the territory characterise the quality of what is offered to the tourists.
The patron is San Venanzio martyr, whose feast if celebrated on May 18th, and at the same time also the "Maggio Sanvenanzese" event takes place.