Umbria is located in the heart of the Apennines: the richness of the forest cover that have given the name "Green Umbria". Umbria is particularly known for testimony related to the life of St. Francis and for the important works of art of his country and its cities, including the precious frescoes by Giotto in Assisi. 
Umbria is located in the center of the Italian peninsula and is not wet from the sea. Along the eastern border mountains stretch Appennino Umbro-Marche. Umbria Marche agrees with the mass of the Sibillini Mountains, whose highest peak is Mount Carrier with 2476 meters. Among the hills and mountains are verdant valleys and hollows, a time, these basins were lakes, which over the centuries have been filled by debris carried by rivers. The valley is the most important of the Tevere, the third longest Italian river after the Po el'Adige, which spans the region from north to south. In the section has an impetuous nature, but closer to Lazio, the bed of the river becomes wider and the water runs slow and regular. The many rivers of Umbria are nearly all tributaries of the Tiber. Among others is to remember the Velino River, which flows into the Nera, forming the Marmore Falls, whose waters are used to produce electricity. In Umbria is the largest lake in central Italy, the Trasimeno, which has a rounded shape and coastal marshes, and not exceed 7 meters deep.