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Extract from the Norcia Travel Guides:
Small and stolid, the very pleasant mountain retreat of
NORCIA
is the only place of any size or substance in the Valnerina. Noted on the one hand as the birthplace of
St Benedict
- founder of Western monasticism - and on the other as the producer of Italy's top
salami
, it has an air of charming dereliction, and its low, sturdy houses (built to be earthquake-resistant) are a world away from the pastoral, fairy-tale cities to the west. It's friendly and appealing, though, and if transport allows, it can be the base for some good trips into neighbouring territory, particularly the famed Piano Grande
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read the whole Norcia Travel Guides...
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