Campane di Civitella Benazzone (PG)

Civitella Benazzone is a small, quiet village inhabited by about a hundred people, where time passes peacefully, listening to the birds singing and circling around the bell tower before returning to the large, thick trees of the small square. The village is perched atop a superb hill at 440 meters above sea level. From here, you can enjoy splendid views stretching across Perugia and Assisi, crowned by Mount Subasio, Mount Tezio, and Mount Acuto with their dense forests. Landscapes of great natural beauty, enriched by churches, abbeys, and castles, guardians of precious works of art waiting to be discovered. The village church, dedicated to Saints Andrew and Biagio, dates back to the 16th century and houses 16th-century paintings by Domenico Alfani, a student of Benedetto Bonfigli, and a Morettini organ. The bell tower has four bells, the two largest ringing on a peal and the two smallest ringing on a fixed ring. The largest of these was recast by the Bastanzetti foundry in Arezzo in 1964; it's possible that the original bell was made by the Giustiniani family of Foligno, the sister of the two current middle bells (second and third), cast in 1863 by Filippo Giustiniani. These middle bells are among the last works created by Filippo before making way for his son Giustiniano, who in the same year cast one of his first bells for the bell tower in Lidarno [   • Campane di Lidarno [2016]  ]. The small concert bell is also the oldest, made by the renowned Perugian founder Crescembeni, who cast it in 1535.