Basilica of Sant'Eufemia

The Cathedral of Spoleto was built in the 11th and 12th centuries on the site of an older Romanesque church. The Romanesque façade and the bell tower were completed in 1207. The original Romanesque porch was replaced in the 15th century by a Renaissance porch, the interior was completely modified in the 17th century by Pope Urban VIII, former Bishop of Spoleto, and his nephew Francesco Barberini, who was also Bishop of Spoleto. The last modifications were finally made in the 18th century.

Local tradition tells us that the first cathedral of Terni, corresponding to the crypt, was built on the remains of a pagan Roman temple by the holy bishop Anastasius of Terni in the 6th century. In the 9th century, renovation work was carried out on the crypt and the cathedral, which was resumed in the 12th century. Little remains of the Romanesque cathedral today, due to the modernisation work carried out in the 16th and 17th centuries according to the tastes of the time.

The Basilica of Santa Rita da Cascia was built between 1937 and 1947 because the growing number of pilgrims visiting the shrine where the remains of Saint Rita are located made the old church unsuitable for such numbers. The construction costs of the initial project, drawn up by the architect Armando Brasini, were too high. The project had to be modified by the architects Giuseppe Calori and Giuseppe Martinenghi.