History and Sights

Agriturismo Dea
Loc. Giomici
06029 Valfabbrica
(Perugia) - Italy

"Curiosities and history of Giomici"

Giomici, aside from suggestive vistas, offers an ample panorama of the Chiascio valley and the surrounding hillsides, on the N-E the “Monte della Dea” (the Mount of the Goddess) where in the past a pagan temple and various tombs have been discovered , in particular in a field that is called even today “il campo del tesore” (treasure field).
Giomici was a medieval fortification that both the Dukedom of Urbino and Perugia claimed for their own. It belonged to the Municipal Government of Gubbio up until 1930 and then passed over to Valfabbrica. There are still ruins of the boundary wall and two towers upon one of which there is a memorial tablet that relates some historical facts. Inside the walls there are some houses and a little church with some recently restored frescoes dated between 1200 and 1600, a Della Robbia-style frame behind the altar and a very valuable wooden ceiling.