Visit Perugia

palazzo dei prioriPerugia is a city to visit because rich of history, with a beautiful historical center where they place the building of the Prior and the Greatest Fountain one of the masterpieces of the Pisanos so much that these two masterpieces would deserve alone the visit to Perugia. fontana maggiore

Perugia, that counts one of the most ancient universities in Italy together with Bologna and Arezzo, lived centuries of alternate stories among the independence and the domination of the State of the Church culminated in the construction of the Fortezza Paolina a fortress wanted by Pope Paolo III Farnese.

Umbria cooking

torta al testoBesides the famous chocolates "Baci Perugina" produced in the establishments of the homonym firm, visiting Perugia you can know the gastronomic tradition of Umbria, rich in traditional dishes as the bringolis (spaghetti done by hand), the torta al testo (a pizza bread to leaven on a stone refractory called "testo") the strufoli, the torcolo.

Visit Assisi

assisiAssisi is found to few kilometers by Perugia, on a side of the Subasio mountain, and it is famous all over the world for the Franciscan complex with the two basilicas that are among the tallest and mature expressions of the Gothic one of the center Italy. To Assisi teachers of the caliber of Cimabue and Giotto have worked.

basilica di assisiStill today medieval life is heard to Assisi and remembered by two historical rievocazionis: the Calendimaggio that develops him the first week of May and the Palio of St. Rufino that is held in the last week of August.

To reach Perugia

Our house vacations is far from Perugia and Assisi only 1 hour and a half around. You before the Valtiberina reaches from the road of the Libbia passing for Anghiari and then to Sansepolcro it is taken the road E45 up to Perugia

Visit also...

If you are interested to visit Perugia you could be interested to:

Shopping

  • Visit the center Gherlinda to Corciano
  • Visit the center shopping of Collestrada

Kitchen

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