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4 unusual facts about Castiglione del Lago


Ambrosini SAI.207

After one month, they were sent to Castiglione del Lago G.Eleuteri airfield (at that time one of the main RA training airbases), where it was planned that 161 and 162nd Squadriglia would take the aircraft into service.

Bartolomeo Caporali

He painted a Madonna and Saints (1487) for the church of Santa Maria Maddalena at Castiglione del Lago.

IMAM Ro.41

Strangely no examples remained in Southern Italy, perhaps because flight schools, like Castiglione del Lago airfield, were in the central and northern Italy.

Mario Fucini

He would remain in the Italian air force after World War I, rising through squadron commands to head up the Castiglione Fighter School.


Umbria

The region is characterized by sweet and green hills and historical towns such as Assisi (a World Heritage Site associated with St. Francis of Assisi, the Basilica of San Francesco and other Franciscan sites, with works by Giotto and Cimabue), Norcia (the hometown of St. Benedict), Gubbio, Spoleto, Todi, Città di Castello, Orvieto, Cascata delle Marmore, Castiglione del Lago, Passignano sul Trasimeno and other charming towns and small cities.


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