Longobards  in  Italy:  Places  of  the  Power  (568-774 AD)

Latest update: 20 February 2022
The Longobards in Italy: Places of the Power (568 - 774 AD) is a UNESCO World Heritage Site that consists of seven religious buildings of different types in five separate regions of Italy.

Two of the sites are in Lombardy (which takes its current name from the Longobards), two in Umbria and the other three spread between Puglia, Campania and Friuli Venezia Giulia. 
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Regions: 

​Lombardy, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Umbria, Campania, Puglia

Number of sites: 7

Site types: Religious buildings
UNESCO World Heritage Site

Longobards in Italy: Places of the Power

​(568-774 A.D.)

​Year: 2011

Brescia

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Museo di Santa Giulia, Brescia

Cividale  del  Friuli

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Oratory of Santa Maria in Valle, Cividale del Friuli

Santa  Sofia  Complex  of  Benevento

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Chiesa di Santa Sofia, Benevento

Basilica  di  San  Salvatore  (Spoleto)

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Basilica di San Salvatore, Spoleto, Umbria

Monte  Sant'Angelo

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Santuario di San Michele Arcangelo, Monte Sant'Angelo

Castelseprio

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Castelseprio

Tempietto  del  Clitunno

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Tempietto del Clitunno

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