Historical Photo
Calder with Teodelapio and Teodelapio (maquette, 1956), Spoleto, Italy, 1962Photograph by Ugo Mulas © Ugo Mulas Heirs
Culture[edit]
The Festival dei Due Mondi (Festival of the Two Worlds) was founded in 1958. Because Spoleto was a small town, where real estate and other goods and services were at the time relatively inexpensive, and also because there are two indoor theatres, a Roman theatre and many other spaces, it was chosen by Gian Carlo Menotti as the venue for an arts festival. It is also fairly close to Rome, with good rail connections. It is an important cultural event, held annually in late June-early July.
The festival has developed into one of the most important cultural manifestations in Italy, with a three-week schedule of music, theater and dance performances. For some time it became a reference point for modern sculpture exhibits, and works of art left to the city by Alexander Calder and others are a testimony to this.
Spoleto (/spəˈleɪtoʊ/,[3] also US: /spoʊˈleɪtoʊ, spoʊˈliːtoʊ/,[4] UK: /spoʊˈlɛtoʊ/,[5] Italian: [spoˈleːto]; Latin: Spoletum) is an ancient city in the Italian province of Perugia in east-central Umbria on a foothill of the Apennines. It is 20 km (12 mi) S. of Trevi, 29 km (18 mi) N. of Terni, 63 km (39 mi) SE of Perugia; 212 km (132 mi) SE of Florence; and 126 km (78 mi) N of Rome.
Spoleto | |
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| Città di Spoleto | |
 View of Spoleto | |
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  Spoleto Location of Spoleto in Italy | |
| Coordinates: 42°44′N 12°44′E | |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Umbria |
| Province | Perugia (PG) |
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