Already before arriving in Spoleto, you will meet two important monuments: the Bridge of Towers (Ponte delle torri) and the Albornoz Fortress (Rocca), that seem to be protecting the town from above. The bridge, some 80 meters (240 feet) high and 230 meters (700 feet) long, was probably an aqueduct in past times. “Its ten arches,” J. W. Goethe wrote down, “that overlook the whole valley, and are built in stone blocks, endure safely across the centuries.” The fortress, that can comfortably be reached by means of elevators, is an elegant if imposing Medieval stronghold built by decision of Pope Innocent VI. The Albornoz Fortress also summarizes the territory's political and cultural history thanks to the Duchy Museum included in it, and its frescoes, especially in the “Camera Pinta” (painted room), the Governor's private office, with rare 14^th century paintings whose subject matter is chivalrous love.

Few towns can be so thoroughly enjoyed by touring them on foot as Spoleto. Strolling in its alleys and small squares, you will discover an amazingly beautiful city planning, a unique pattern for its unity of styles and variety of forms. From the Medieval town structure the older origins still surface, as witnessed by the Roman theater of the first century BC, the Arch of Drusus and the Arch of Monterone along the Roman Via Flaminia, the remains of an ancient Roman temple now embedded in the walls of the Church of Saint Ansano, and Market Square, where the Roman Forum existed.