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Fontana Maggiore

Fontana Maggiore from directly overhead

Fontana Maggiore is a historic site, at a modelled elevation of 484 m. Monte Tezio stands 961 m to the north-northwest, 6.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Museo del Capitolo della cattedrale di San Lorenzo, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away.

The story

Water well in Perugia, Italy.

Dates from 1275.

Wikidata Q1435815, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Built
1277

How to reach it

Coordinates43.11214, 12.38881

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Historic sites
Parks
  • Parco della Canapina: 0.2 mi
  • Cuparella: 0.2 mi
  • Giardini Carducci: 0.3 mi
  • Prato della Cupa: 0.3 mi
  • Parco Sant'Angelo: 0.4 mi
Peaks
  • Collina di Prepo: 1.7 mi
  • Colle Pulito: 2.5 mi
  • Monte Pacciano: 2.8 mi
  • Monte Lacugnano: 2.9 mi
  • Col Maiale: 2.9 mi
Gardens: 31
Springs: 28
  • Fonte del Romitorio: 4.3 mi
  • Fonte Sant'Ilario: 4.9 mi
  • Sorgente Pieri: 12.2 mi
  • Sorgente Tazze: 12.6 mi
  • Fonte Maggio: 12.8 mi
Waterfalls: 13
Nature reserves: 12
Picnic sites: 10
  • Tavolo di pietra: 5.3 mi
  • gazebo con area verde e barbecue: 5.4 mi
  • Area verde torgiano: 6.5 mi
  • Giardini Manlio Magnini: 9.2 mi
  • Area pic-nic Monte Acuto: 11.3 mi
Cliffs: 2
  • Parete Bellucci: 6.5 mi
  • Rupe Falcaia: 15.5 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.6 miles of Fontana Maggiore. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Monte TezioNNW961 m6.2 mi
Croce della PieveNNW942 m6.7 mi
Monte AcutoNNW926 m11.4 mi
Monte TezinoNNW925 m5.9 mi
Colle CampanaNW798 m10.7 mi
Colle GallettoNW749 m10.1 mi
Monte delle PòrtoleNNE735 m11.4 mi
Monte FiloncioNNW734 m11.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:1517:4518:22
June solstice05:3220:1120:54
September equinox06:5818:3319:10
December solstice07:4015:5216:39

Local time (Europe/Rome).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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OpenStreetMap element way/106360715

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