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 | | Umbria is also a mystical, spiritual and contemplative land and not even the thousands of visitors to Assisi, Gubbio, Spoleto, Todi and Spello have undermined the original sentiment that inspired saints and hermits, such as Francesco d’Assisi. |
 | | According to historic sources, the territory occupied by the Umbri people was much wider than today's Umbria, reaching inland along the eastern bank of the Tiber and up north all the way to the Po Valley. |
 | | In fact, Pliny the Elder said the Umbri were the most ancient race in Italy, crediting their Greek name Ombrikoi, or "rainy", to their survival from before the primeval flood. |
| www.amordivino.co.uk /explore_italy/Umbria/regional_history.html (438 words) |
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