{{coord|display=title}} '''Poreta''' is a village in the municipality of Spoleto, in the region of Umbria, Italy. As of 2021, it had a population of 143. The village is situated at an elevation of {{convert|341|m}} above sea level.<ref name="istat_sez_2021">{{cite web |title=Sezioni di censimento – 10-Umbria |url=https://www.istat.it/storage/cartografia/basi_territoriali/2021/R10_21.zip |access-date=16 February 2026 |website=Istat |quote=LOC21_ID 5405110014}}</ref> It lies between Spoleto, Campello, and the Springs of Clitunno.<ref name="attrattori_odu">{{cite web |title=Attrattori turistici |url=https://dati.regione.umbria.it/dataset/turismo-attrattori/resource/1ae8a517-4083-44e2-b141-0c8e613b6052 |website=Open Data Umbria |publisher=Regione Umbria|access-date=26 February 2026}} {{Source-attribution-CC BY 4.0}}</ref>
== History == thumb|Castle of Poreta Poreta originated as a villa and became a fortified village toward the end of the 13th century. In the second half of the 15th century, because of repeated raids by mercenary companies, a circuit of walls was built around the older settlement. The result was a compact built-up center of houses joined closely together, which became the focal point of a wider settlement spread across the slope and the plain of Spoleto.<ref name="attrattori_odu"/>
In the second half of the 18th century, after a violent earthquake, the castle was gradually abandoned. The inhabitants built their houses outside the walls, reusing stones from the destroyed buildings.
== Religion and culture == The church of San Cristoforo, built after the castle, was later dedicated to Santa Maria della Misericordia because of a miraculous image of the Madonna kept inside it and said to have remained unharmed by earthquake damage.<ref name="attrattori_odu"/>
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Category:Frazioni of Spoleto