Because of its nature as a communication hub and an important commercial center, since ancient times Foligno has been the destination of both Italian and foreign artists and artisans, and where a great quantity of arts and crafts were created that have left their mark on some of the most important periods in Italian history.
Surely worth mentioning are the artist studios that between the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries saw the emersion of artists such as Alunno, Mezzastris and Bartolomeo di Tommaso, whose works are among the major attractions of the city churches; the famous printing tradition that altered the path of the history of Italian literature thanks to the initiative of the Orfini brothers with the first printed edition of the Divine Comedy; and to conclude, the production of candied almonds (in Italy called confetti) that was carried out in Foligno from 1401 to 1900 and that made the city so famous that it was remembered as the “city with sugar streets.”
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