Sant'Anatolia di Narco
Sant’Anatolia di Narco is a small town and comune in Umbria, Italy, in the province of Perugia. It sits about 60 km southeast of Perugia, in the middle Valnerina valley by the Nera river. The area covers 47.2 square kilometers and the town is 328 meters above sea level. As of 2007, around 593 people lived there, and the residents are called Santanatoliesi. The municipality includes the hamlets of Caso, Castel San Felice, Gavelli, Grotti, San Martino Agelli and Tassinare.
The town is medieval, dominated by a castle dating to 1198 and walls built in the 13th–14th centuries, including two towers. The parish church of Sant’Anatolia has frescoes from the 14th century. The Renaissance-style church of Santa Maria delle Grazie has been carefully restored. The 13th-century convent of Santa Croce is another historic site; the Franciscan lay sister Blessed Cristina lived there in the 14th century.
Since 2008, Sant’Anatolia hosts the Museo della Canapa in the 16th-century town hall. It is part of the Umbrian Apennine Ridge Eco-museum and tells the history of hemp cultivation in the Valnerina region.
In Castel San Felice you can find the Abbey of San Felice e Mauro, dedicated to two Syrian hermits who evangelized the area in the 5th century; the church was rebuilt in the 12th century.
From 1926 to 1968, the Spoleto-Norcia railway served the town, connecting Spoleto to Norcia. The line was closed in 1968, but traces remain and the old trackbed has become a cycle path.
The patron saint is Sant’Anatolia, celebrated on July 9. The postal code is 06040 and the area code is 0743.
This page was last edited on 2 February 2026, at 07:42 (CET).