Perugia
Perugia has an immense artistic and cultural heritage resulting from its glorious past.
In every corner and in the squares of the city you can admire monuments that bear witness to centuries of art.
Piazza Grande is the fulcrum of the life of the Umbrian village.
In the marvelous monumental complex, now Piazza IV Novembre, converge the Palazzo dei Priori, the Cathedral and the main fountain, the symbol of the city, not for nothing considered the most beautiful and famous of the Middle Ages.
Built in the 13th century as the end point of the Monte Pacciano Aqueduct, the fountain boasts 85 faces and 61 sculpted animals. The water flows from an amphora masterfully supported by three Nymphs (or theological virtues), a bronze group by Robeo.
Originally, four griffins were affixed to their heads, also in bronze, for each cardinal point which are now exhibited in the National Gallery of Umbria.
To visit the Etruscan Arch, the Rocca Paolina, the Collegio del Cambio, also frescoed by Perugino who worked for two years in the sumptuous Casa dell’Udienza.
the 3rd and 4th of October, with solemn religious and civil ceremonies in honor of the patron saint of Italy.