Umbria · Terni
Lugnano in Teverina
A ridge town above the lower Tiber valley, with a 1230 Romanesque collegiata and a late-Roman infant cemetery on the hill below.
Picked by Peter Benei
Letter to come
Why Lugnano in Teverina is on our list
It holds Borghi più belli d'Italia and Città dell'Olio.
The nearest town with a letter is Amelia, No. 75, 15 min by car.
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Visiting
- Best time
- Apr–Oct
- By car
- 1 h 19 min from Rome
- Population
- 1,396
- J9°
- F12°
- M14°
- A17°
- M22°
- J28°
- J32°
- A32°
- S26°
- O20°
- N14°
- D10°
- Best
- Hot or crowded
- Quiet
- Mostly closed
Daytime air temperature, averages for 2020–2024. Weather data by Open-Meteo.com.
Why come
Lugnano in Teverina sits on a ridge above the Tiber, sixty kilometers south of Perugia and twenty-five west of Terni. The town traces its origins to the seventh century, when inhabitants fleeing barbarian invasions sought refuge on the spur after the destruction of nearby Luchiano. The Collegiata di Santa Maria Assunta, dated 1230 on the inscription of its façade, is built in travertine from quarries by the Tiber, a Romanesque parish church layered over a Lombard-era predecessor, with a cosmatesque pavement and a portico of paired columns.
On the hill below, the Villa Romana di Poggio Gramignano, built around the 10s BC, was excavated through the 1980s and again from 2016. Beneath its collapsed roof archaeologists found a late-fifth-century cemetery of 47 infant and fetal burials, the largest set of child burials in Roman Italy, interpreted as a catastrophic die-off from Plasmodium falciparum malaria. The Olea Mundi olive collection, planted in 2014, holds 1,200 trees from 23 countries.
How to get there
From Rome Fiumicino (FCO), about 1 h 31 min by car.
Ancona (AOI) is about 2 h 52 min away.
By car from the center of Perugia 1 h 26 min or Siena 1 h 56 min.
Coming by train into Roma Termini? Lugnano in Teverina is about 1 h 20 min away by road.
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What to see
Collegiata di Santa Maria Assunta
Romanesque parish church dated 1230 in travertine from Tiber quarries, with cosmatesque pavement and a paired-column portico.
Villa Romana di Poggio Gramignano
Augustan villa with a late-fifth-century cemetery of 47 infant burials, interpreted as a catastrophic malaria die-off.
Palazzo Farnese-Ridolfi
Sixteenth-century palace known as the Pennone for its mast-like profile rising above the lower town.
Convento di San Francesco
Franciscan convent at the edge of the borgo, restored and now a quiet stop on the Cammino dei Protomartiri Francescani.
Olea Mundi
World collection of olive trees planted in 2014, 1,200 specimens from 23 olive-growing countries, set on the slopes below town.
Living here
Could you live here?
Lugnano in Teverina is a village with a town close by.
- A village of 1,396, with Amelia (11,474 people) 15 min away for the shopping and a meal out. Our rule is a town within 15 minutes.
- Terni, a city of 106,310, is 42 min by car. Inside our 30 to 60 minutes: close for the services, far enough to keep its own life.
The rules come from our series Where to Move in Italy, written from the places we have lived: Part 1, The End of the Road · Part 2, The Small Town · Part 3, The City · Part 4, The Postcard · Part 5, The Other Half. The towns we would pick are in Part 6, The Best Towns.
- Population 1,396, down 7.7% since 2015
- Nearest city Terni, 42 min drive
- Nearest national health service hospital Amelia, 6 km as the crow flies · how healthcare works in Italy
- Homes in the center: €600 to €1,100 per m² to buy, €3.00 to €5.10 per m² a month to rent
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More about living here
- In-between
- Pharmacy in town
- High school within a 30-minute drive
- Full fibre reaches 93% of homes
- Primary school in the comune
- Earthquake zone 3, low hazard
- Rome Ciampino airport (CIA), 1 h 21 min drive, the nearest with scheduled flights
- Regional capital Perugia, 1 h 26 min drive
If you are moving here
Who lives here
7% of residents are foreign citizens, most often from Romania, Ukraine and Morocco, against 9% across Italy. 20 of them come from English-speaking countries or western and northern Europe, mostly Ireland and the United States. There are 387 people over 65 for every 100 children under 15, against 216 across Italy. 45% of homes have no resident, holiday homes and empty ones counted together, against 27% across Italy. Terni province ranks 48th of 107 in Il Sole 24 Ore's quality of life ranking for 2025.
Health and schools
The nearest emergency room is in Amelia, 6 km as the crow flies. The nearest major one is in Terni, 27 km away. The nearest IB school is Viterbo International School, 26 km as the crow flies.
Information, not medical advice. Confirm with a professional.
Taxes
A home that is not your main one pays 1.06% a year in property tax at the 2025 rate, charged on the cadastral value rather than the price. A main home pays none unless it is in a luxury category. The town adds 0.8% to your income tax, with nothing due on income under €3,500. 7% pensioner tax: this town is not in a qualifying area.
Information, not tax advice. Confirm with a professional.
What it costs
The average household in Umbria spends about €2,310 a month, €550 of it on food, against about €2,170 across Italy. A family of three pays about €677 a year for water, on the Umbria average. In Terni, the provincial capital, in September 2026, an espresso cost €1.22, a meal in a pizzeria €12.97 and a man's haircut €22.65.
Climate and risk
It is in climate zone E, on a scale from A, the warmest, to F, the coldest, and heating may run from October 15 to April 15, up to 14 hours a day, unless the mayor changes it. The national maps show no residents in a high or medium flood zone. 4% live in a zone rated high or very high for landslides.
These shares cover the whole comune, not any one street. Check an address on IdroGEO.
Moving from abroad? Which visa you need. Sources: ISTAT, the Ministry of Health, ISPRA, the Finance Ministry, the Ministry of Enterprise, Poste Italiane, the comuni, the IB, International Schools Database, Il Sole 24 Ore, Cittadinanzattiva.
Thermal baths in town: Terme di Ramici.
Known for
THE COLLEGIATA
Romanesque parish church of 1230 in Tiber travertine, with cosmatesque pavement and a paired-column portico across the façade.
POGGIO GRAMIGNANO
Augustan Roman villa with a late-fifth-century infant cemetery of 47 burials, the largest of its kind in Roman Italy.
OLEA MUNDI
World olive collection of 1,200 trees from 23 countries, planted in 2014 on the slopes below the centro storico.
Common questions
- What is Lugnano in Teverina known for?
- Lugnano in Teverina is a ridge town at 441 meters above the lower Tiber valley, with a 1230 Romanesque collegiata and a late-Roman infant cemetery on the hill below.
- Where is Lugnano in Teverina?
- Lugnano in Teverina is a comune in the province of Terni, in Umbria.
- What is the nearest airport to Lugnano in Teverina?
- The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Rome Ciampino (CIA), about 1 h 21 min by car.
- How long is the drive from Perugia to Lugnano in Teverina?
- About 1 h 26 min by car.
- When is the best time to visit Lugnano in Teverina?
- Best in Apr–Oct. July is the warmest month, averaging 32 degrees, and December the wettest, with about 12 rain days.
- Which other towns are like Lugnano in Teverina?
- Montecchio, Bassiano and Monte Castello di Vibio.
- How many people live in Lugnano in Teverina?
- 1,396 residents, by ISTAT's count on 1 January 2025.
- Is Lugnano in Teverina a good place to live?
- By the rules in our Where to Move in Italy series, Lugnano in Teverina is a village with a town of 5,000 people within 15 minutes (Amelia, 15 min). The nearest city, Terni, is 42 min away by car. The nearest national health service hospital is in Amelia, 6 km as the crow flies. Full fibre reaches 93% of homes.
Tags & data designations · numbers · sources
Recognized as
Landscape
The numbers
- Elevation: 441 m
- Population: 1,396
- Surface area: 29.83 km²
These figures were compiled from public directories: ISTAT, OpenStreetMap and Wikidata, and from the official listings of the guides named on this page. Town details change; verify with official sources before you travel.
The ranked lists
Lists Lugnano in Teverina appears in
- The best hot-spring towns within two hours of RomeNear Romehot springswithin 2 hours6 towns · smallest 1,396 residents · closest 31 min away
- The best hot-spring towns within 90 minutes of PerugiaNear Perugiahot springswithin 90 min7 towns · smallest 1,396 residents · closest 54 min away
- The 9 best olive oil towns within 90 minutes of TerniNear Terniolive oilwithin 90 min9 towns · smallest 334 residents · closest 34 min away
- The 9 best small olive oil towns in UmbriaUmbriaolive oilsmall9 towns · smallest 334 residents
- The best hill towns in the province of TerniTerni provincehill town10 towns · smallest 1,396 residents
Featured on
Lugnano in Teverina appears on this themed pick from our Collections:
Near here, with a letter
- Written about. No. 75.
Amelia
Province: Terni
A pre-Roman hilltown ringed by polygonal walls, with ten barrel-vaulted Roman cisterns beneath its main square.
15 min by car
- Written about. No. 80.
Montecchio
Province: Terni
A small hill commune at 377 meters above the Tiber, sitting on top of one of Umbria's largest Etruscan-tied necropolises.
24 min by car
- Written about. No. 65.
Bomarzo
Province: Viterbo
The Tuscia village below a garden built by a condottiero and later dedicated to his dead wife, all stone monsters and no apology for it.
28 min by car
Our guide
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