Stroncone is a small and pictoresque village built in the X century by local population on the hilltop, safe and defensible place.
After the rule of the monks of the abbey of Farfa, it was ruled in the XII century by the Papal State.
It was destroyed during the bloody fights with Narni and it was rebuilt in 1215 by the pope Vincenzo III who forced the population of Narni to built again what they had destroyed.
We remember the daring resistance of the population of Stroncone during the assault of the French troops in 1799. The whole village preserves perfectly the typical medieval aspect.
From the main road of the village you arrive to a square, out of the wall, where there is a drinking trough of '600 and the war memorial. Indoors you arrive to a characteristic square where there is Saint Giovanni church with frescoes of Zuccarie school, a beautifoul tempera of XVI century. Along the narrow and winding roads of the village you arrive to Saint Nicolò church with a romanesque portal and a characteristic church square where there were popular meetings. From the gallery of the square you can enjoy a good view of Narni and the hills of Amelia.
Through the stairs you arrive to the town hall with an archives where there are precious parchments, choral books illuminated by the Benedictines, coins and medals. We suggest a walk along the roads of the village to bring to life again the old and charming atmosphere of the middle ages. Outdoors you find the Saint Francesco monastery founded by friar of Assisi in 1213. Lovely the portal of the XIII century and the portico.
In the church there are interesting frescoes of the Umbrian school of '300, a fine woody statue of Saint Sebastiano and an Urn with the body of the Blessed Antonio Vici from Stroncone. He was Franciscan and lived following the rule of Francesco, imposing to corporal mortifications and receiving with joy shortages and calamities. It is interesting the image of the Saint from Assisi of the '400. Near the village there is the old abbey of Saint Benedetto in Fundis, located in a pictoresque trough between two mountains. The abbey was built by Anza, mother of Adelchi in 1771. The ruins seem to belong to a building of the XI century.