La Chiesa di Sant’Angelo, originaria del V-VI secolo d.C., è una delle più antiche d’Italia. Con ogni probabilità è stata edificata sui resti di un tempio romano, nel periodo in cui le religioni pagane erano in decadenza e il cristianesimo prendeva piede in territori dell’ex Impero.
A sua volta, il tempio che vi sorgeva prima era stato edificato su di un terreno sacro agli Etruschi. Questo fa della chiesa e del luogo dove è situata due illustri testimoni dei tanti avvicendamenti culturali e religiosi della penisola italiana.

L’Umbria è una delle zone d’Italia nelle quali il cristianesimo si impiantò più rapidamente. Nel VI secolo d.C. si contavano già 21 diocesi, in una terra contesa da barbari e bizantini in cui la gente cercava di rifugiarsi nel nuovo culto monoteista per sfuggire al dramma di guerre e carestie.

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Allora erano già sorte alcune chiese, come quella del Salvatore a Spoleto (addirittura del IV-V secolo), ma non tutte sono riuscite a sopravvivere nel corso degli anni. Molte di esse, anche nei secoli successivi, presero il posto degli antichi templi pagani. Ne sono ulteriori esempi l’Abbazia di San Pietro in Valle a Ferentillo e la Basilica di Sant’Eufemia a Spoleto.
Chiamata anche “Padiglione di Orlando”, “Tempio di san Michele Arcangelo” o “Tempietto”, questa chiesa paleocristiana sorge su uno dei punti più alti della città ed è raggiungibile salendo attraverso corso Garibaldi e attraversando uno stretto vialetto. Un piccolo cortile verde è l’anticamera di questo edificio dalla pianta centrale, che si sviluppa su due aree concentriche. La struttura mantiene caratteristiche tipicamente romane. Le due aree, l’ambulacro e il presbiterio centrale, sono separate da un cerchio di sedici colonne corinzie-romane. Probabilmente, vista la loro varietà di misure e materiale, sono state prese da qualche altra struttura e tradotte nella chiesa, cosa piuttosto usuale all’epoca. Le due cappelle adiacenti ai lati esterni dell’edificio gli conferiscono la forma della croce greca.

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The Church of Sant’ Angelo dates to the V-VI centuries A.D. and it is one of the most ancient churches in Italy. It was probably built on the remains of a Roman temple when paganism was decaying and Christianity started to appear in the territories of the pre-existing Empire.

More previously, this temple had been built on a land sacred to the Etruscans. This makes of the church, and of the place where it is set, two important evidences of the many cultural and religious changes in the Italian peninsula. Umbria is one of the Italian areas where Christianity grew more rapidly. By the VI century A.D., there were already 21 dioceses in a land disputed between Barbarians and Byzantines, and where the populations sought refuge in the new monotheistic religion to escape from the tragedy of wars and famine.

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At that time, some churches had already been raised, as the one of the Salvatore in Spoleto (IV-V century), but not all of them could survive to time. Many of them took the place of the ancient pagan temples, for instance, the abbey of St. Peter in Valle a Ferentillo and the basilica of Sant’ Eufemia in Spoleto.
The early Christian church of Sant’Angelo is also called “Padiglione di Orlando”, “Tempio di San Michele Arcangelo” or “Tempietto” and it rises on one of the highest places of the town.
It can be reached walking down Corso Garibaldi and crossing a narrow path. A small green courtyard represents the entrance to this central-plan building that develops on two concentric surfaces.

It has typically Roman characteristics. The two areas, the ambulatory and the central presbytery are separated by a circle of sixteen Corinthian-Roman columns. Given their variety of measures and materials, they were probably carried into the church from another building, as was customary at the time. The two adjacent chapels at the church’s external sides give it a Greek cross layout.

Those who love mystery and go to Perugia cannot but visit this church. In effect, there are very strange symbols inside. On the doorjambs and on the neck of the Virgin Mary depicted in on of the frescoes some crosses representing the mystic universe of the Templars, a medieval religious confraternity whose legendary history is full of secrets and enigmas.
Moreover, at a few metres from the entrance there is a pentagram, namely a symbol linked to the worship of Venus associated to black magic in the Middle Ages.

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The Church of Sant’ Angelo dates to the V-VI centuries A.D. and it is one of the most ancient churches in Italy. It was probably built on the remains of a Roman temple when paganism was decaying and Christianity started to appear in the territories of the pre-existing Empire.

More previously, this temple had been built on a land sacred to the Etruscans. This makes of the church, and of the place where it is set, two importan
t evidences of the many cultural and religious changes in the Italian peninsula.
Umbria is one of the Italian areas where Christianity grew more rapidly. By the VI century A.D., there were already 21 dioceses in a land disputed between Barbarians and Byzantines, and where the populations sought refuge in the new monotheistic religion to escape from the tragedy of wars and famine.

At that time, some churches had already been raised, as the one of the Salvatore in Spoleto (IV-V century), but not all of them could survive to time. Many of them took the place of the ancient pagan temples, for instance, the abbey of St. Peter in Valle a Ferentillo and the basilica of Sant’ Eufemia in Spoleto.
The early Christian church of Sant’Angelo is also called “Padiglione di Orlando”, “Tempio di San Michele Arcangelo” or “Tempietto” and it rises on one of the highest places of the town.
It can be reached walking down Corso Garibaldi and crossing a narrow path. A small green courtyard represents the entrance to this central-plan building that develops on two concentric surfaces.

It has typically Roman characteristics. The two areas, the ambulatory and the central presbytery are separated by a circle of sixteen Corinthian-Roman columns. Given their variety of measures and materials, they were probably carried into the church from another building, as was customary at the time. The two adjacent chapels at the church’s external sides give it a Greek cross layout.

Those who love mystery and go to Perugia cannot but visit this church. In effect, there are very strange symbols inside. On the doorjambs and on the neck of the Virgin Mary depicted in on of the frescoes some crosses representing the mystic universe of the Templars, a medieval religious confraternity whose legendary history is full of secrets and enigmas.
Moreover, at a few metres from the entrance there is a pentagram, namely a symbol linked to the worship of Venus associated to black magic in the Middle Ages.

The Church of Sant’ Angelo dates to the V-VI centuries A.D. and it is one of the most ancient churches in Italy. It was probably built on the remains of a Roman temple when paganism was decaying and Christianity started to appear in the territories of the pre-existing Empire.

More previously, this temple had been built on a land sacred to the Etruscans. This makes of the church, and of the place where it is set, two important evidences of the many cultural and religious changes in the Italian peninsula.
Umbria is one of the Italian areas where Christianity grew more rapidly. By the VI century A.D., there were already 21 dioceses in a land disputed between Barbarians and Byzantines, and where the populations sought refuge in the new monotheistic religion to escape from the tragedy of wars and famine.

At that time, some churches had already been raised, as the one of the Salvatore in Spoleto (IV-V century), but not all of them could survive to time. Many of them took the place of the ancient pagan temples, for instance, the abbey of St. Peter in Valle a Ferentillo and the basilica of Sant’ Eufemia in Spoleto.
The early Christian church of Sant’Angelo is also called “Padiglione di Orlando”, “Tempio di San Michele Arcangelo” or “Tempietto” and it rises on one of the highest places of the town.
It can be reached walking down Corso Garibaldi and crossing a narrow path. A small green courtyard represents the entrance to this central-plan building that develops on two concentric surfaces.

It has typically Roman characteristics. The two areas, the ambulatory and the central presbytery are separated by a circle of sixteen Corinthian-Roman columns. Given their variety of measures and materials, they were probably carried into the church from another building, as was customary at the time. The two adjacent chapels at the church’s external sides give it a Greek cross layout.

Those who love mystery and go to Perugia cannot but visit this church. In effect, there are very strange symbols inside. On the doorjambs and on the neck of the Virgin Mary depicted in on of the frescoes some crosses representing the mystic universe of the Templars, a medieval religious confraternity whose legendary history is full of secrets and enigmas.
Moreover, at a few metres from the entrance there is a pentagram, namely a symbol linked to the worship of Venus associated to black magic in the Middle Ages.

The Church of Sant’ Angelo dates to the V-VI centuries A.D. and it is one of the most ancient churches in Italy. It was probably built on the remains of a Roman temple when paganism was decaying and Christianity started to appear in the territories of the pre-existing Empire.

More previously, this temple had been built on a land sacred to the Etruscans. This makes of the church, and of the place where it is set, two important evidences of the many cultural and religious changes in the Italian peninsula.
Umbria is one of the Italian areas where Christianity grew more rapidly. By the VI century A.D., there were already 21 dioceses in a land disputed between Barbarians and Byzantines, and where the populations sought refuge in the new monotheistic religion to escape from the tragedy of wars and famine.

At that time, some churches had already been raised, as the one of the Salvatore in Spoleto (IV-V century), but not all of them could survive to time. Many of them took the place of the ancient pagan temples, for instance, the abbey of St. Peter in Valle a Ferentillo and the basilica of Sant’ Eufemia in Spoleto.
The early Christian church of Sant’Angelo is also called “Padiglione di Orlando”, “Tempio di San Michele Arcangelo” or “Tempietto” and it rises on one of the highest places of the town.
It can be reached walking down Corso Garibaldi and crossing a narrow path. A small green courtyard represents the entrance to this central-plan building that develops on two concentric surfaces.

It has typically Roman characteristics. The two areas, the ambulatory and the central presbytery are separated by a circle of sixteen Corinthian-Roman columns. Given their variety of measures and materials, they were probably carried into the church from another building, as was customary at the time. The two adjacent chapels at the church’s external sides give it a Greek cross layout.

Those who love mystery and go to Perugia cannot but visit this church. In effect, there are very strange symbols inside. On the doorjambs and on the neck of the Virgin Mary depicted in on of the frescoes some crosses representing the mystic universe of the Templars, a medieval religious confraternity whose legendary history is full of secrets and enigmas.
Moreover, at a few metres from the entrance there is a pentagram, namely a symbol linked to the worship of Venus associated to black magic in the Middle Ages.