Editing Perugia (section)

== Main sights ==

=== Churches ===
* ''[[Perugia Cathedral|Cathedral of S. Lorenzo]]''
* [[File:Vetrata San Domenico, Perugia, 2023.jpg|thumb|The stained glass window of the Basilica of San Domenico (1411) in Perugia is 23 meters in height and 8 meters in width, making it one of the largest in the world.]]''[[San Pietro, Perugia|San Pietro]]'': late 16th-century church and abbey.
* ''[[San Domenico, Perugia|San Domenico]]'': Basilica church of the Dominican order, building began in 1394 and finished in 1458. Before 1234, this site housed markets and a horse fair. The exterior design attributed to [[Giovanni Pisano]], while its interior redecorated in Baroque fashion by [[Carlo Maderno]].  The massive belfry was partially cut around the mid-16th century. The interior hosts the splendid tomb of [[Pope Benedict XI]] and a wooden choir from the Renaissance period. The stained glass window of the Basilica of San Domenico is one of the biggest in the world.
*''[[Church of Sant'Angelo, Perugia|Sant'Angelo]]'', also called ''San Michele Arcangelo'': small paleo-Christian church from the 5th–6th centuries. Sixteen antique columns frame circular layout recalling the Roman church of [[Santo Stefano Rotondo]].
*''[[Sant'Antonio Abate di Perugia|Sant'Antonio Abate]]''.
*''[[San Bernardino, Perugia|San Bernardino]]'': church with façade by [[Agostino di Duccio]].
*''[[Sant'Ercolano, Perugia|San Ercolano]]'': 14th-century church that resembles a polygonal tower.  This church once had two floors. Its upper floor was demolished when the Rocca Paolina was built. Baroque interior decorations commissioned from 1607. The main altar has a sarcophagus found in 1609.
*''[[Santa Giuliana, Perugia|Santa Giuliana]]'': church and monastery founded by heir of a female monastery in 1253.  In its later years, the church gained a reputation for dissoluteness.  Later, the Napoleonic forces turned the church into a granary. Now, the church is a military hospital. The church, with a single nave, bears only traces of 13th century frescoes, which probably used to cover all of the walls. The cloister is a noteworthy example of mid-14th-century Cistercian architecture from {{Interlanguage link|Matteo Gattaponi|it}}.  The upper part of the ''[[campanile]]'' is from the 13th century.
*''[[San Bevignate]]'': church of the [[Knights Templar|Templar]].
*[[Chiesa of San Prospero (Perugia)|Chiesa of San Prospero]].
*[[Church of the Compagnia della morte|Church of the Compagnia della Morte]].
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File:Perugia - Cattedrale di San Lorenzo.jpeg|''[[Perugia Cathedral|Cathedral of S. Lorenzo]]''
File:San Francesco al Prato, Perugia 2023.jpg|Deconsecrated church of San Francesco al Prato
File:Chiesa di San Filippo Neri, Perugia 2022.jpg|Baroque church of San Filippo Neri
File:Panoramica presbitero chiesa del gesù perugia.jpg|Presbytery overview of the church of Gesu, Perugia
File:Santa Giuliana, Perugia.jpg|Cistercian monastery of Santa Giuliana
File:Perugia, sant'angelo, esterno 03.jpg|[[San Michele Arcangelo, Perugia]]
File:Basilica di San Domenico (Perugia).jpg|Basilica San Domenico
File:IMG 1021 - Perugia - Sant'Ercolano - 7 agosto 2006 - Foto G. Dall'Orto.jpg|Sant'Ercolano
File:Chiesa di San Bevignate 2.JPG|[[San Bevignate]]
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=== Secular buildings ===
* The [[Palazzo dei Priori]] (Town Hall, encompassing the [[Collegio del Cambio]], Collegio della Mercanzia, and Galleria Nazionale), one of Italy's greatest buildings.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20121102174323/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4990695.html A short break in Perugia] The Independent – London, June 6, 1999</ref> The Collegio del Cambio has frescoes by [[Pietro Perugino]], while the Collegio della Mercanzia has a fine later 14th century wooden interior.
** [[Galleria Nazionale dell'Umbria]], the National Gallery of Umbrian art in Middle Ages and Renaissance (it includes works by Duccio, [[Piero della Francesca]], [[Beato Angelico]], [[Perugino]])
* ''[[Fontana Maggiore]]'', a medieval fountain designed by Fra Bevignate and sculpted by [[Nicola Pisano|Nicola]] and [[Giovanni Pisano]].
* Chapel of ''San Severo'', which retains a fresco painted by [[Raphael]]<ref name="severo">"...some studies for the figure of St. John the Martyr which Raphael used in 1505 in his great fresco in the Church of San Severo at Perugia." ([[s:The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci/X|The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci (X)]]</ref> and [[Perugino]].
* the ''Rocca Paolina'', a Renaissance fortress (1540–1543) of which only a bastion today is remaining. The original design was by [[Antonio da Sangallo the Younger|Antonio]] and [[Bastiano da Sangallo|Aristotile da Sangallo]], and included the ''Porta Marzia'' (3rd century BC), the tower of [[Gentile Baglioni]]'s house and a medieval cellar.
* [[Orto Botanico dell'Università di Perugia]], the university's [[botanical garden]]
*[[Palazzo Donini]], the centre of the Regional Council of Region of Umbria.
<gallery mode="nolines" widths="160" heights="160">
File:Perugia - palazzo priori 1.jpg|[[Palazzo dei Priori]]: the centre of communal government
File:Fontana Maggiore, Perugia.jpg|[[Fontana Maggiore]]
File:Orto botanico della basilica di san pietro perugia.jpg|[[Orto Botanico dell'Università di Perugia]]
File:Perugia -Gli affreschi di Raffaello nella cappella.jpg|Chapel of ''San Severo''
</gallery>[[File:Torre degli Sciri, Perugia.jpg|thumb|Torre degli Sciri]]
[[File:Torre del Cassero o Porta Sant'Angelo (Perugia).jpg|left|thumb|Torre del Cassero di Porta Sant'Angelo]]

=== Medieval towers ===

* [[Torre degli Sciri|Sciri's tower]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Torre degli Sciri - Comune di Perugia - Turismo |url=https://turismo.comune.perugia.it/poi/torre-degli-sciri#:~:text=Tra%20il%20IX%C2%B0%20e,riduzioni%20in%20altezza%20o%20distruzione. |access-date=2023-10-21 |website=turismo.comune.perugia.it}}</ref> (XIII century), the most well known among the remaining towers in Perugia. It takes its name from the Sciri family and is the only control tower on the noble blocks that still stands. Standing at 42 meters tall and featuring a square shape, it has recently undergone a renovation that has restored its ancient hues, including the distinctive color of the building stone. In 1680, the tower was incorporated into the Convent of the Franciscan Tertiaries of Sister Lucia.
* [[Torre del Cassero di Porta Sant'Angelo]] (XIV century), is the most imposing among the medieval city gates of Perugia, and it's the only one with a defensive-military structure. Like the town itself, the gate derives its name from the ancient early Christian church dedicated to Saint Michael the Archangel."

=== Antiquities ===
* The [[Hypogeum of the Volumnus family]] (''Ipogeo dei Volumni''), an Etruscan chamber tomb
* [[Etruscan Well]] (''Pozzo Etrusco'').
* National Museum of Umbrian Archaeology, where one of the longest inscription in [[Etruscan language|Etruscan]] is conserved, the so-called ''[[Cippus perusinus]]''.
* [[Etruscan Arch]] (also known as ''Porta Augusta''), an Etruscan gate with Roman elements.<gallery mode="nolines" widths="160" heights="160">
Ipoego dei volumni, ingresso 01.jpg|''[[Ipogeo dei Volumni]]''
ArcoEtrusco2022.jpg|[[Etruscan Arch]]
Pozzo etrusco- passerella.jpg|[[Etruscan Well]]
MAN.Umbria 20.jpg|National Museum of Umbrian Archaeology
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=== Modern architecture ===
* ''[[Centro Direzionale di Fontivegge|Centro Direzionale]]'' (1982–1986), an administration civic center owned by the Umbria Region. The building was designed by the Pritzker Architecture prizewinner [[Aldo Rossi]].<ref>The Centro Direzionale is mentioned in the [http://www.pritzkerprize.com/rossi.htm Aldo Rossi personal page at the Pritzker Prize official website] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070523193256/http://www.pritzkerprize.com/rossi.htm |date=2007-05-23 }}</ref>
[[File:Collegio del cambio, Perugia 2023.jpg|thumb|[[Collegio del Cambio]]]]

=== Art ===
Perugia has had a rich tradition of art and artists. The [[Early Renaissance]] painter Pietro Perugino created some of his masterpieces in the Perugia area. The High Renaissance master [[Raphael]] was also active in Perugia and painted his famous [[Oddi Altar (Raphael)|Oddi Altar]] there in 1502–04.

Today, the [[Galleria Nazionale dell'Umbria]] in Perugia houses a number of masterpieces, including the ''[[Madonna with Child and six Angels (Duccio)|Madonna with Child and six Angels]]'', which represents the [[Renaissance]] [[Marian art in the Catholic Church|Marian art]] of [[Duccio]]. And the private [[Art collection of Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Perugia]] has two separate locations.

The [[Collegio del Cambio]] is an extremely well preserved representation of a Renaissance building and houses a magnificent Pietro Perugino fresco.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://travel.nytimes.com/travel/guides/europe/italy/tuscany-and-umbria/perugia/attraction-detail.html?vid=1154654613337 |title=Collegio del Cambio |newspaper=Travel.[[nytimes.com]] |access-date=20 April 2010 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120716045836/http://travel.nytimes.com/travel/guides/europe/italy/tuscany-and-umbria/perugia/attraction-detail.html?vid=1154654613337 |archive-date=16 July 2012 |publisher=[[The New York Times Company]]}}</ref> The newly re-opened Academy of Fine Arts has a small but impressive plaster casts gallery and Perugian paintings and drawings from the 16th century on.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://inperugia.com/tourist-attractions/academy-of-fine-arts-of-perugia/ |title=The Academy of Fine Arts of Perugia |work=Inperugia.com |date=20 January 2013 |access-date=20 January 2013 |archive-date=18 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131018065452/http://inperugia.com/tourist-attractions/academy-of-fine-arts-of-perugia/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>