We decided to head more into Umbria - to Castiglione del Lago which was the 4th Island on Lake Trasimeno in Umbria, the largest lake in the center of south Italy. Over the centuries, as Castiglione grew, the flat gap between the island and the shore was filled with piazze, houses, churches and other buildings. The aerial photo below (a postcard) is how she is today - attached to the mainland.
The newest parts of the city are at some distance from the old, so the historical centre of Castiglione del Lago is a well preserved medieval locality.
It seems to be governed by a "law of threes" - in the town walls (above) there are three gates, and inside this town there are three piazze and three churches.
Looking across Lake Trasimeno above
The fountains and Piazze of Castiglione del Lago
Below one of the arched gates in the walls,
again with a view over Lago Trasimeno.
Cafe above and Castiglione's War Memorial below
The Palazzo Ducale (now Town Hall) was built in Renaissance Style
It is now a civic museum and gallery
Through the olive trees below is the Castello del Leone (Fortress of the Lion) - it is a pectagonal-shaped castle completed in 1247.
It was designed to give its owners strategic control over all of Lake Trasimeno, and this Castle has withstood a number of seiges.
To the right of the olive grove there is a long stone wall, it's really a covered corridor connecting the Castello Del Leone to the Palazzo Ducale (Town Hall)
The newest parts of the city are at some distance from the old, so the historical centre of Castiglione del Lago is a well preserved medieval locality.
