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San Giacomo, in Umbria, is one of those Italian villages
which you find by mistake - nothing to point you towards it, no mention in
guides. |
| Once you get there, though, you
know you are in a unique place. A block of houses is enclosed in a
high wall and an opening in the wall lets you know it was once a defensive
building. |
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According to the locals, the fortified village was built by
he Church in the 13th century, to protect the poor villagers. Castles
were, usually, built by the local potentate for himself, his troops and,
long last, the villagers. |
| Strange place, with restoration work still underway in some
buildings, after the 1997 earthquake. Other buildings have just fallen in
disrepair, abandoned for decades. |
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