| Ruscio | |
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| — Frazione — | |
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Ruscio
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| Country | Italy |
| Region | Umbria |
| Province | Perugia |
| Comune | Monteleone di Spoleto |
| Elevation | 786 m (2,579 ft) |
| Population (2001) | |
| • Total | 126 |
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| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
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Ruscio is a village of east central Umbria, a frazione of Monteleone di Spoleto, 42°38N 12°58E, in the upper valley of the Corno River at about 900 meters (2953 ft) above sea-level. It is 2 km SE of Monteleone and 11 km (7 mi) N of Leonessa. Its population may be estimated at about 200.
Ruscio is a small fraction near Monteleone di Spoleto which is the village where the celebrated Etruscan chariot was found, that is now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. The village and its immediate vicinity also have several Romanesque churches, some Roman remains, and the Bronze Age site, apparently a religious sanctuary, of Forma Cavaliera.
(Incorporates text from Bill Thayer's Gazetteer of Italy, by permission.)