Perugia
Multicultural City
General Information
Other Name: -, District: NA, State: Umbria , Italy
Area: 449.92 km²
Languages Spoken: Italian
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Importance: Perugia has become famous for chocolate.
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Perugia is the capital city of the region of Umbria in central Italy. The city symbol is the griffin, which can be seen in the form of plaques and statues on buildings around the city.Perugia is a lively medieval walled hill town with many historic buildings, people-filled squares, and modern shops. It`s home to a university and a large Italian language school for foreigners.Location
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The main square of Perugia is the picturesque Piazza IV Novembre, in the center of which is the Fontana Maggiore (1277-80), one of the most beautiful fountains of the period, with reliefs by Nicola and Giovanni Pisano.
The Galleria Nazionale dell''Umbria contains paintings by Perugino and Pinturicchio, Benedetto Bonfiglio, Bartolomeo Caporali, and other artists, sculptures by di Cambio, di Duccio, etc., and a small majolica collection.
On the south side of the cathedral in Perugia is the Palazzo dei Priori, also known as the Palazzo Comunale (Town Hall), a massive building in Italian Gothic style, with its main front on the Corso Vannucci. On the side facing the Piazza IV Novembre are a griffin (the heraldic emblem of Perugia), a 14th century bronze lion, and chains, all of which commemorate a victory over the Sienese in 1358. On the first floor of the palace, which is entered through the richly decorated main doorway in the Corso, is the splendid Sala dei Notari, on the second floor the Municipal Library .
On the north side of the Piazza IV Novembre in Perugia stands the cathedral of San Lorenzo, a 15th century Gothic hall-church, with an unfinished facade. On the steps leading up to the entrance, to the left, is a bronze statue of Pope Julius III (1555). Inside there are fine choir-stalls and a banner depicting a view of Perugia.
one of the finest tombs in Etruria, dating from the second century B.C. It imitates the plan of an ancient house, with nine chambers grouped round a central space, which contain urns with extraordinarily expressive carvings.