Ponte Cardona
Bridges
Nature & Parks
Nature & Wildlife Areas
Attraction
About
In the 90ies the Military Geographic Institute in Florence (IGM) identified the coordinates of the geographic centre of the Italian peninsula, to be exact in Narni in the Umbria region where a stone was placed in the ancient woods near Ponte Cardona over the Roman aqueduct Formina which brought water to the town of Narni until 1924. The historical presence of Francis of Assisi in the nearby Santo Speco adds to the spirituality of the place still perceived as a vital energy which the surrounding setting transmits
At a glance
- Typical visit: about 1 hour 30 minutes