Barcaccia

Here once operated the customs and under a canopy of the seventeenth century, one can still see the old boat that ferried from one side to another Chiascio. Barcaccia, together with Coccorano and Sambuco, is another fundamental step in Franciscan Trail. This is a small town, situated in the heart of Assisi-Gubbio path, consisting of a few houses distributed along the road that leads to Valfabbrica, which is about 3 km. It is supposed that the name is caused by the presence there of the famous barge or a boat, like a raft, which was used to ferry from one side of the river Chiascio. So much so that under a shed near the banks of the river, you can still today see an old barge, this is precisely that which has served Francis of Assisi to cross the river, in his travels to Gubbio, you can not deduct it, the fact is that it is very old. The probable presence of customs is assumed that "... there was just the transition between two different jurisdictions, and then pay the toll" (Falcinelli, 1982, p.389).