Orvieto-Ficulle-Montegiove

A small town 20 minutes north of Orvieto, with a historic and popular production of artistic ceramics. Contiguous to the municipality of Ficulle are also the villages of Montegabbione Montegiove and the suggestive Convent of the Franciscan Scarzuola with adjoining artistic structure with allegorical sculptures of the “Ideal City” realized by a famous architect and artist: Tommaso Buzzi. The Scarzuola can be visited only by guide.
It is believed that Saint Francis of Assisi founded the Scarzuola Convent in 1218, where he planted a laurel and a rose and created a spring for which the people still hold great devotion. The Convent takes its name from the scarza, a marsh plant with which the Seraphic monk built a hut. The saint’s legacy is clearly visible in this place, with both spiritual and earthly traits and elements.