Portaria, Umbria

42°39′24″N 12°33′58″E / 42.65655°N 12.56612°E / 42.65655; 12.56612

Portaria (historically Porcaria) is a hill settlement in Umbria, today a frazione of Acquasparta, situated at 470 metres (1,540 ft) above sea level, overlooking the valley of the Naia stream.

Documented from the Middle Ages as part of the Terre Arnolfe, it belonged to the Roman Catholic Church and subsequently entered the lordship of the Cesi family. Suppressed as an independent municipality in 1875, it later became part of Acquasparta in 1929.

The town preserves medieval structures, the 11th-century church of San Filippo e Giacomo, and the nearby Franciscan hermitage historically associated with it.

As of the 2021 census, Portaria had a population of 89, with a further 124 residents living in the surrounding countryside.


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