Historical knowledge:

Ancient roman hamlet, famous for its waters. In the middle-ages the district was devastated by the Saracens, in 882 the hamlet, from the XIth to the XVth century it was alternatively possession of Narni and the Church. Enfeoffed in 1524 by Pope Clemente VIIth to the Orsini, suffers heavy devastation in 1527 by the troops of the high constable of Barbone bound to  
Rome.Elevated by Urbano VIIth to Dukedom in 1590 to favour the Orsini, it then belonged in the following century to the Publicola of Santacroce.In 1781 Pio VIth elevated San Gemini to the rank of a city.

Places to visit:
The San Damiano Church
The Forum
The Forensic Basilica
The Capitano del Popolo Palace
The San Francesco Church
The San Giovanni Battista Church 
The San Nicolò Church
The ruins of Carsule
The Tombs from the Ironage
The Traiano Arch (also called S. Damiano)
Part of the Consolare Street

Folklore:

May: Roast-Pig feast
August: Feast of waters
9th October: Patron-Saint: San Gemini
October: Madonna of San Carlo
October: Joust of Arme.
 

 

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