Cesi, Terni

The small borgo, which retains its late-medieval aspect, set among olive groves, lies "stretched out lengthwise along a narrow contour on the slopes of M. Torre Maggiore,"[1] about 18 km north of Terni at an altitude of 437 m,[2] one of the southernmost peaks of the Monti Martani.

Testaments to the likely Umbrian origin of the site of Clusiolum[3] are remains of walling slightly below the present village.

Above it, near the peak of the Torre Maggiore (1121 m.) are the remains of an Italic religious complex dating to the sixth century BCE, brought to light by an excavation.

In the Middle Ages Cesi was a fief of the Arnolfi, the chief seat of the Terre Arnolfe.

During 10–14 July 1849, Garibaldi encamped here, on his retreat from Rome after the fall of the revived Roman Republic.