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Traces of the road that once connected Spello and Foligno, crossing the Umbrian Valley and traveled by voyagers, can still be found today. These include the section of Via Roma at the exit from Spello’s Porta Consolare and the church of Madonna di Fiamenga, a former stop for pilgrims traveling between Rome, Assisi, and Loreto. This spot is approximately 1 km from the City of San Feliciano, to whom the cathedral in Piazza della Repubblica is dedicated. The cathedral was rebuilt in 1133 on the foundations of an earlier temple, and has since been expanded and transformed several times. Travelers from Assisi, after passing through Spello, would often follow a stretch along the “da sole” walls, cross the Treggio hill, descend to Belfiore, and reconnect with the Postale road near the Sasso di Pale, where the evocative hermitage of Santa Maria di Giacobbe is located in a rock cavity.Originally dedicated to Santa Maria di Cleofa, this site features a small church built in the 13th century, with several later additions made about three centuries later.
