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Map of region of Umbria, Italy.svg (by Vonvikken). This vector image includes elements that have been taken or adapted from this file: Italy map with regions.svg (by Helix84 ).
Umbria was a former stronghold of the Italian Communist Party, forming with Tuscany, Emilia-Romagna and Marche what was then known as Italy's "Red Regions". [33] Umbria was considered a stronghold of the Democratic Party and left-leaning parties for over 50 years, however in 2019 the candidate of the centre-right coalition Donatella Tesei won ...
The regions of Italy ... Map Macroregion Italian name Regions Major city Population ... Umbria: 22,500 25,400 21,078 23,200 Veneto: 163,000 33,200
Module:Location map/data/Italy Umbria is a location map definition used to overlay markers and labels on an equirectangular projection map of Umbria. The markers are placed by latitude and longitude coordinates on the default map or a similar map image.
Traces of human settlement in Norcia's area date back to the Neolithic Age.. The town's known history begins with settlement by the Sabines in the 5th century BC. After the conquest by the Romans in the 3rd century BC, it was an ally of ancient Rome in 205 BC, during the Second Punic War, when it was known in Latin as Nursia, but the earliest extant Roman ruins date from around the 1st century.
Gubbio is located in an upland valley in the Apennine Mountains, in the northeastern part of the present-day region of Umbria. This particular part of Umbria is a transitional area, close to both Marche to the east and Tuscany to the west. As a result, Gubbio has historically had strong political and cultural ties to both of those regions.
Panicale is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Perugia in the Italian region Umbria. Located on the eastern slope of Mount Petrarvella, in the southeast of Valdichiana, it overlooks Lake Trasimeno and is about 35 km from Perugia. As of 31 December 2012, it had a population of 5,669 and an area of 78.8 km 2.
According to some Italian scholars, Amelia is the oldest town in Umbria. In the third book of his "Naturalis Historia", Pliny the Elder reports a statement made by Cato according to which the origins of the city were said to date back to the period of a mythical Umbrian king called Ameroë, the son of Atlas (hence the name of Ameria, by which the city was known in the ancient time).