Fossato di Vico is a town and comune of Umbria in the province of Perugia in Italy,, at 581 m above sea‑level on the middle slopes of Mount Mutali.
It lies just off the SS 3 highway, the successor to the ancient Roman Via Flaminia, between Gualdo Tadino (7 km to the south), Sigillo (6 km north);Fabriano (15 km east)and Gubbio (20 km west) in Antiquity, a branch of the Via Flaminia may have traversed the town.
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“Men first feel necessity, then look for utility, next attend to comfort, still later amuse themselves with pleasure, thence grow dissolute in luxury, and finally go mad and waste their substance.”
—Giambattista Vico (1688–1744)