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Archaeological site
Sant'Ansano, Spoleto
Church building in Spoleto, Italy
At a glance
- Type
- Archaeological site
- Style
- Neoclassical architecture
- Dedicated to
- Ansanus
- Protection
- Italian national heritage
- Coordinates
- 42°43′59″ N, 12°44′13″ E
- Address
- via Filippo Brignone
History and description
Sant'Ansano is a neoclassical-style, Roman Catholic church located in the town of Spoleto, in the province of Perugia, region of Umbria, Italy.
History
A church at the site had been built around the tomb of St Isaac, a Syrian eremitic monk who supposedly came to a mountain around Spoleto in the 6th century. The present church was built in the late 1700s by the Milanese architect Antonio Dotti.
Inside are housed a fresco depicting the Madonna and Child and two Saints by Giovanni di Pietro, also called Lo Spagna and a main altarpiece depicting the Martyrdom of St Ansano by Archita Ricci.
The Crypt of Sant'Isacco below the church was likely previously a ground-level, ancient Roman temple, upon which a church was built above. St Isaac of Monteluco was putatively a fifth century Syrian hermit, who established a community of hermit-monks in nearby Monteluco. The crypt has romanesque-style, sculpted capitals (8-9th century) atop ancient Roman columns. It may in fact have been an original ground level pagan Roman temple. It also has some 11th-12th-century restored frescoes.
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Getting there
SpoletoTrain, nearest
1.7 km as the crow flies
Sant'Ansano, Spoletovia Filippo Brignone
Distances are as the crow flies, not walking or driving.
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Nearby
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Frequently asked questions
Where is Sant'Ansano, Spoleto?
Sant'Ansano, Spoleto is in Spoleto, in the province of Perugia (Umbria), Italy. Address: via Filippo Brignone. GPS coordinates: 42.73311, 12.73681.
What else is there to see near Sant'Ansano, Spoleto?
Nearby you’ll find: Arch of Drusus and Germanicus (0 m away), Ancient Roman house of Vespasia Polla (100 m away), Sant'Agata (100 m away).
Sources and licences
Text. Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Data. Wikidata (CC0); opening hours and contacts OpenStreetMap (ODbL).
Photos. Wikimedia Commons, author and licence on every image.
Credits for the 9 photos
- Spoleto003 — JoJan, CC BY 3.0
- Chiesa di Sant'Ansano, Spoleto — Manuelarosi, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Chiesa di Sant'Ansano. Spoleto — Manuelarosi, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Spoleto - Chiesa di Sant'Ansano — Luca Aless, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Resti del Tempio romano Sant'Ansano di Spoleto — Manuelarosi, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Spoleto Sant' Ansano 002-1 — Christopher John SSF, CC BY 2.0
- 06049 Spoleto, Province of Perugia, Italy - panoramio (43) — trolvag, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Arco di druso. Spoleto — Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
- Spoleto (23) — Elekes Andor, CC BY 4.0
Updated 28 October 2026. All sources and licences