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Perugia is the capital city in the region of Umbria in central Italy, near the Tiber river, and the capital of the province of Perugia.
Main attractions
- The Cathedral of S. Lorenzo.
- Palazzo dei Priori
- Church and abbey of San Pietro (late 16th century).
- Basilica of San Domenico (begun in 1394 and finished in 1458).
- Church of Sant'Angelo (6th century).
- Church of San Bernardino (with façade by Agostino di Duccio).
- Fontana Maggiore, a medieval fountain designed by Fra Bevignate and sculpted by Nicolò and Giovanni Pisano.
- Galleria Nazionale dell'Umbria
- Ipogeo dei Volumni (an Etruscan chamber tomb
- National Museum of Umbrian Archaeology.
- Palazzo del Capitano del Popolo.
- Porta Augusta, a Roman gate with Etruscan elements.
- the Rocca Paolina, a Renaissance fortress (1540-1543) of which only a bastion today is remaining.
- The Etruscan arch.
Other attractions
- The Etruscan Well (Pozzo Etrusco).
- Medieval aqueduct.
- The Tribunali.
- Piazza Matteotti
- Teatro Comunale Morlacchi.
- Church of Sant' Agata.
- Church of Sant' Ercolano (early 14th century).
- Church of Sant'Antonio da Padova.
- Church of San Francesco al Prato.
- Church of Santa Giuliana, heir of a female monastery founded in 1253
- Church of San Michele Arcangelo (5th-6th centuries
- Church of San Matteo in Campo Orto.
- Church of Santi Stefano e Valentino
- Templar church of San Bevignate.
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