The
Pieve International School Campus nestles among the Umbrian soft
hills around Lake Trasimeno. The estate's surrounding
area is typically Italian, characterized by a landscape of fields,
gentle rolling hills and mountains dotted with olive trees and vineyards.
The
whole area is rich in culture and history from ancient Etruscans
to Romans, through the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.
Just
in front of the Pieve International School Campus, less than 50
metres from the front door, stands the Pieve
del Vescovo Castle, from which the Campus takes its
name.
The
Castello di Pieve del Vescovo
is dates back in the XIV century but the little church just inside
the fortress is documented since XI sec. All the Castle as been
restorated during the Renaissance following the directions of the
architect Galeazzo Alessi. For many years the Castle
of Pieve del Vescovo was the summer residence of Pope XIII,
who loved the Umbrian countryside. Over the years many Bishops came
to the Pieve Castle on vacation
till the beggining of the 1900. Today the Pieve del Vescovo Castle
is a national monument and one of the most beautiful medieval fortresses
in Umbria.
The Pieve International School Campus is situated in the quiet countryside
of Colle Landone on the top of which is perched the medieval hilltown
of Corciano, just 1 Km from the Pieve
Campus and half-way between Assisi, Lake Trasimeno and Perugia.
Every summer this small town is enlivened with art, music and regional
craft display.
Just
a ten minute drive from the Villa Pieve
is the Natural Park of “Monte Tezio” and fifteen minutes
away lays the famous Trasimeno Lake.
This area is world renowned for its architectural masterpieces one
of which, “Romitorio”, is sited on the road to Corciano. |