Viepri

Viepri
Frazione
Viepri

Location of Viepri in Italy

Coordinates: 42°49′30″N 12°31′0″E / 42.82500°N 12.51667°E / 42.82500; 12.51667Coordinates: 42°49′30″N 12°31′0″E / 42.82500°N 12.51667°E / 42.82500; 12.51667
Country  Italy
Region Umbria
Province Perugia
Comune Massa Martana
Elevation 480 m (1,570 ft)
Population (2001)
  Total 143
Demonym(s)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 06056
Dialing code 075

Viepri, is an Italian village in the Colli Martani of central Umbria, a frazione of Massa Martana, 7 km north of that town and another 7 km SSW of Bastardo. It has about 200 inhabitants. One of the more attractive medieval villages of Umbria, in part because of the almost exclusive use of stone in its construction, it was a fortified outpost much contested by Todi and Foligno during the Middle Ages. It is chiefly known today for the Romanesque abbey of S. Maria, but another medieval church, remains of its walls, and two gates also subsist.

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