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Situated on the top of a hill, Deruta is known for its ceramics and the art of earthenware, an activity that occupies many of the 9,500 inhabitants. This art is everywhere in the city, on the facades, in the churches and many workshops dedicated to ceramics occupy the alleys of the centre. Leandro Alberti, a Dominican friar, wrote in 1553: "The clay vases made here are very famous because they are so well worked that they look like gold. They are so finely made that nowhere else can they be imitated, even though they have often been tried. The village has been awarded the label of the Most Beautiful Villages in Italy.