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  • Perugia. Landscape from Piazza Italia gardens. On the left the church of San Domenico, in the back at the right the Chirch of San Pietro.
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  • Perugia. Landscape from Piazza Italia gardens. On the left the church of San Domenico, in the back at the right the Chirch of San Pietro.
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  • Perugia. The Palazzo dei Priori (Town Hall) is one of Italy's greatest buildings and was the center of communal government. Above the portal are bronze copies of the griffin of<br />
Perugia and the Guelph lion. From the massive ledges hang the chains which the Perugian<br />
people took from the gates of Siena (after the battle of Torrita in 1358). In the foreground the  Fontana Maggiore, one of the most important examples of medieval Italian sculpture. Built between 1278 and 1280 by Nicola and Giovanni Pisano
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  • Perugia. The Palazzo dei Priori (Town Hall) is one of Italy's greatest buildings and was the center of communal government. Above the portal are bronze copies of the griffin of<br />
Perugia and the Guelph lion. From the massive ledges hang the chains which the Perugian<br />
people took from the gates of Siena (after the battle of Torrita in 1358).
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  • Perugia. The Palazzo dei Priori (Town Hall) is one of Italy's greatest buildings and was the center of communal government. Above the portal are bronze copies of the griffin of<br />
Perugia and the Guelph lion. From the massive ledges hang the chains which the Perugian<br />
people took from the gates of Siena (after the battle of Torrita in 1358).
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  • Perugia. The Palazzo dei Priori (Town Hall) is one of Italy's greatest buildings and was the center of communal government.
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  • Perugia. The Palazzo dei Priori (Town Hall) is one of Italy's greatest buildings and was the center of communal government.
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  • Perugia. The Palazzo dei Priori (Town Hall) is one of Italy's greatest buildings and was the center of communal government. Above the portal are bronze copies of the griffin of<br />
Perugia and the Guelph lion. From the massive ledges hang the chains which the Perugian<br />
people took from the gates of Siena (after the battle of Torrita in 1358).
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  • Perugia. The Palazzo dei Priori (Town Hall) is one of Italy's greatest buildings and was the center of communal government.
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  • Perugia. The Palazzo dei Priori (Town Hall) is one of Italy's greatest buildings and was the center of communal government.
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  • Perugia. The Palazzo dei Priori (Town Hall) is one of Italy's greatest buildings and was the center of communal government.
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  • Perugia. The Palazzo dei Priori (Town Hall) is one of Italy's greatest buildings and was the center of communal government. Above the portal are bronze copies of the griffin of<br />
Perugia and the Guelph lion. From the massive ledges hang the chains which the Perugian<br />
people took from the gates of Siena (after the battle of Torrita in 1358).
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  • Perugia. The Palazzo dei Priori (Town Hall), one of Italy's greatest buildings. Hall of Notaries is a magnificent hall supported by eight<br />
large arches, originally used for the<br />
people’s assemblies during the Free Commune, in 1582 it became seat of the powerful “Arte dei Notai” association, from which it takes its present name.
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  • Perugia. Piazza IV Novembre, Emirates traditional singers. In the back the cathedral and the  and Fontana Maggiore. One of the most important examples of medieval Italian sculpture. Built between 1278 and 1280 by Nicola and Giovanni Pisano
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  • Perugia. Palazzo dei Priori (Town Hall) and Fontana Maggiore. One of the most important examples of medieval Italian sculpture. Built between 1278 and 1280 by Nicola and Giovanni Pisano, it is made up of two concentric polygonal basins. The lower basin features bas-reliefs of the twelve months of the year, accompanied by the signs of the zodiac and other allegorical symbols. The upper basin is made up of twenty-four panels divided by religious and allegorical figures.
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  • Perugia. Palazzo dei Priori (Town Hall) and Fontana Maggiore. One of the most important examples of medieval Italian sculpture. Built between 1278 and 1280 by Nicola and Giovanni Pisano, it is made up of two concentric polygonal basins. The lower basin features bas-reliefs of the twelve months of the year, accompanied by the signs of the zodiac and other allegorical symbols. The upper basin is made up of twenty-four panels divided by religious and allegorical figures.
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  • Perugia. Palazzo dei Priori (Town Hall) and Fontana Maggiore. One of the most important examples of medieval Italian sculpture. Built between 1278 and 1280 by Nicola and Giovanni Pisano, it is made up of two concentric polygonal basins. The lower basin features bas-reliefs of the twelve months of the year, accompanied by the signs of the zodiac and other allegorical symbols. The upper basin is made up of twenty-four panels divided by religious and allegorical figures.
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  • Perugia. Palazzo dei Priori (Town Hall) and Fontana Maggiore. One of the most important examples of medieval Italian sculpture. Built between 1278 and 1280 by Nicola and Giovanni Pisano, it is made up of two concentric polygonal basins. The lower basin features bas-reliefs of the twelve months of the year, accompanied by the signs of the zodiac and other allegorical symbols. The upper basin is made up of twenty-four panels divided by religious and allegorical figures.
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  • Perugia. Palazzo dei Priori (Town Hall) and Fontana Maggiore. One of the most important examples of medieval Italian sculpture. Built between 1278 and 1280 by Nicola and Giovanni Pisano, it is made up of two concentric polygonal basins. The lower basin features bas-reliefs of the twelve months of the year, accompanied by the signs of the zodiac and other allegorical symbols. The upper basin is made up of twenty-four panels divided by religious and allegorical figures.
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  • Perugia. Piazza IV Novembre, the cathedral.
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  • Perugia. Piazza IV Novembre, the cathedral.
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  • Perugia. Piazza IV Novembre.
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  • Perugia. Piazza IV Novembre, the cathedral with pope Giulio III monument.
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  • Perugia. The Palazzo dei Priori (Town Hall) is one of Italy's greatest buildings and was the center of communal government.
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  • Perugia. The Palazzo dei Priori (Town Hall) is one of Italy's greatest buildings and was the center of communal government.
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  • Perugia. The Palazzo dei Priori (Town Hall) is one of Italy's greatest buildings and was the center of communal government.
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  • Perugia. The Palazzo dei Priori (Town Hall) is one of Italy's greatest buildings and was the center of communal government.
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  • Perugia. Corso Vannucci, the main street of the medioeval town. In the back the cathedral.
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  • Perugia. Corso Vannucci, the main street of the medioeval town. In the back the cathedral.
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  • Perugia. Corso Vannucci, the main street of the medioeval town.
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  • Perugia. Medioeval fortress.
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  • Perugia.Borgo St. Angelo from Porta Sole
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  • Perugia. Medieval street near the Palazzo dei Priori.
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  • Perugia. Maestà delle Volte traditional street, medieval architecture near the Palazzo dei Priori.
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  • Perugia. Maestà delle Volte traditional street, medieval architecture near the Palazzo dei Priori.
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  • Perugia. Maestà delle Volte traditional street, medieval architecture near the Palazzo dei Priori.
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  • Perugia. Maestà delle Volte traditional street, medieval architecture near the Palazzo dei Priori.
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  • Perugia. Maestà delle Volte traditional street, medieval architecture near the Palazzo dei Priori.
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  • Perugia. Traditional street with medieval architecture near the Palazzo dei Priori.
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  • Perugia.
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  • Perugia. On the back the University for foreign people interested in the Italian cukture. In the foreground the 13th Century Acqueduct, five kilometres long. The last stretch of the old aqueduct was transformed into a<br />
characteristic terraced footpath.
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  • Perugia. 13th Century Acqueduct, five kilometres long. The last stretch of the old aqueduct was transformed into a<br />
characteristic terraced footpath.
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  • Perugia. Etruscan Arch, a monumental north-facing city gate in the massive Etruscan walls,<br />
built in the 3rd century B.C. and flanked by two turrets built on a trapezoidal plan.
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  • Perugia. Etruscan Arch, a monumental north-facing city gate in the massive Etruscan walls,<br />
built in the 3rd century B.C. and flanked by two turrets built on a trapezoidal plan.
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  • Perugia. Etruscan Arch, a monumental north-facing city gate in the massive Etruscan walls,<br />
built in the 3rd century B.C. and flanked by two turrets built on a trapezoidal plan.
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  • Perugia
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  • Perugia
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  • Perugia
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  • Perugia.The Escalators on the street of the old Rocca Paolina.This mechanised pedestrian path was created in 1983 in order<br />
to offer an innovative system for accessing the old medioeval city without using cars.
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  • Perugia.The Escalators on the street of the old Rocca Paolina.This mechanised pedestrian path was created in 1983 in order<br />
to offer an innovative system for accessing the old medioeval city without using cars.
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  • Perugia.The Escalators on the street of the old Rocca Paolina.This mechanised pedestrian path was created in 1983 in order<br />
to offer an innovative system for accessing the old medioeval city without using cars.
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  • Perugia. Volte della Pace, a traditional street with medieval architecture.
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  • Perugia. Volte della Pace, a traditional street with medieval architecture.
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  • Perugia. Volte della Pace, a traditional street with medieval architecture.
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  • Perugia. Carla Ricci, yoga teacher, near St Angelo church that, with his circular architecture, reminds a buddhist stupa.
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  • Perugia. Temple of St Angelo is the oldest church of Perugia. It<br />
was built in the 5th-6th century. This singular, early Christian circular<br />
church features a tent-shaped ceiling on a tambour supported by<br />
16 columns taken from Roman buildings, and a circular peristyle.
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  • Perugia. Torre degli Sciri (Sciri tower), one of the last surviving medieval towers.
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  • Perugia.Borgo St. Angelo from Porta Sole
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  • Perugia. the medioeval steps connecting Porta Sole to the Etruscan Arch.
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  • Perugia. the medioeval steps connecting Porta Sole to the Etruscan Arch.
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  • Perugia. Traditional street with medieval architecture.
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  • Perugia. Oratory of San Bernardino. Built between 1451 and 1461 and dedicated to the Sienese saint, it is connected to the convent complex<br />
of San Francesco by means of a Renaissance archway. Its elegant <br />
multicoloured façade, decorated with <br />
excellently carved bas-reliefs, is the masterpiece of the Florentine sculptor<br />
and architect Agostino di Duccio (1457-61) and the highest example of Early Renaissance art in Perugia.
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  • Perugia. Oratory of San Bernardino. Built between 1451 and 1461 and dedicated to the Sienese saint, it is connected to the convent complex<br />
of San Francesco by means of a Renaissance archway. Its elegant <br />
multicoloured façade, decorated with <br />
excellently carved bas-reliefs, is the masterpiece of the Florentine sculptor<br />
and architect Agostino di Duccio (1457-61) and the highest example of Early Renaissance art in Perugia.
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  • Perugia. Oratory of San Bernardino. Built between 1451 and 1461 and dedicated to the Sienese saint, it is connected to the convent complex<br />
of San Francesco by means of a Renaissance archway. Its elegant <br />
multicoloured façade, decorated with <br />
excellently carved bas-reliefs, is the masterpiece of the Florentine sculptor<br />
and architect Agostino di Duccio (1457-61) and the highest example of Early Renaissance art in Perugia.
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  • Perugia. Corso Vannucci, the main street of the medioeval town.
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  • Perugia. Umbria National Gallery. The original grippin of bronze, symbol of the medieval city.
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  • Perugia
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  • Perugia. Traditional street with medieval architecture near the Palazzo dei Priori.
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  • Perugia. Palazzo Gallenga Stuart, formerly Antinori and donated to the Municipality of Perugia in 1931, now is the seat of the University for<br />
Foreigners. It was built between 1740 and 1758 by Pietro Carattoli.
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  • Perugia. Church and bell-tower of San Pietro. According to tradition, the church<br />
was consecrated in 969.
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  • Perugia, San Pietro church. "Andrea Bina" seismic observatory is between the oldest of the world, founded on 1931where the benedictine monk Andrea Bina in 1751 created the first pendulum seismograph (in the picture).
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  • Perugia. "Tieffeu" theatrical puppets workshop
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  • Perugia. "Tieffeu" theatrical puppets workshop
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  • Perugia.
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  • Perugia.The Escalators on the street of the old Rocca Paolina.This mechanised pedestrian path was created in 1983 in order<br />
to offer an innovative system for accessing the old medioeval city without using cars.
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  • Perugia.The Benedictine church of St. Peter, founded in 966. Inside there are numerous paintings and sculptures made between the 15th and the 19th centuries, including works by Perugino and Vasari, while in the choir and in the lateral aisles there are late romanesque frescoes.
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