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Welcome to Perugia

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.