The ancient centre of Hurvinum Hortense represents a noteworthy archaeological site, although not fully considered as a “park”. The excavations made in the 19th century and then between 1932 and 1938 brought to light an interesting heritage.

The most considerable ruins are the Etruscan-Italic Temple, erected on the highest point of the area, before the great Umbrian valley at the base of Spoleto. The temple was made up of four columns overlooking the south, two columns on the sides and three cells leant against the rear wall, in a precise proportional ratio. The building was then dismantled to take construction materials from it.

Another important complex is represented by the Spa. The main element is the peristyle and, near it, a sequence of rooms with orthogonal junctions. The peristyle leads to a wide vestibule with mosaic flooring, dating back to the 3rd century and depicting Nilotic scenes, presently kept at the warehouse of the Archaeological Museum of Umbria.

The materials coming from the whole site have originated a municipal archaeological collection, hosted at the Podestà Palace of Collemancio. There are also several and very important earthenware and sculptures. The former include twenty covering architectural plates, ten frames, three antefixes and one single fragment of high-relief.

The sculpture materials are fragmentary and mainly include architectural elements, belonging to a building, or ornamental and decorative elements made of different materials such as marble, limestone, travertine and sandstone. The elements found show the image of a rich and articulated activity and, despite of the fragmentariness of pieces, their artistic quality is evident as an expression of a figurative culture widespread all over central-northern Italy.

Italy, and Umbria in particular, is rich in archaeological parks plunged in natural and charming historical parks. They include some examples of archaeological-naturalistic parks.