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Perugia Italy

Perugia Italy, Chief town of the Region, is an ancient city situated in the area center-northerner of the Umbria. The historical center rises on the high hills that flank the skillful river of Tevere.

The most visited cities of art between, multiethnic and multicultural center with two university centers, Perugia reassume the multiple characteristics of the Region: culture, art, history, religion, handicraft, atmosphere and eno-gastronomy.


Perugia center in Italy=
Perugia has an immense artistic and cultural patrimony from its past.
In every corner and public squares of the city monuments can be admired that testify centuries of history, art and culture.



To begin from the Etruscan arc or arc of Augusto, monumental door of ancient town-walls Etruscan building, then restored in roman age, the Etruscan sink and Marzia door, second Etruscan monumental door, inserted in the forehead of the bastion of rocca Paolina, made fortress from Pope Paul III in 1540.

The Region of Umbria has a generous archaeological patrimony that is distributed over much of its territory. Many traces remain of the Etruscan civilization but also of the Ancient Umbrii, other pre-Roman populations and of the Roman themselves. It boasts three national archaeological museums and important archaeological areas, as well as archaeological finds of absolute scientific and artistic importance.



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