Cathedral St Laurent's Cathedral; due the long time of construction (first built in the 11th c.), is featured from several styles Church of Sant' Angelo the oldest church in the city, built at the end of the 5th Collegio del Cambio seat for currency exchange practised by bankers in middleage times (Palazzo dei Priori.) Corso Vannucci main street of Perugia, with shops and elegant cafes, the drawing-room of the city Etruscan Arch built in the 3rd c. bc, known also as the Arco di Augusto Etruscan well defence walls for the city (3rd and 4th c. b.c.) Fontana Maggiore built at the end of the 13th c, in the middle of Piazza IV Novembre, fine example of Gothic fountain National Archaeological Museum of Umbria stores prehistoric and photohistoric materials (collections of bronze objects dating back to the 16th14th c. bc) related to the Apennine cultures National Gallery of Umbria Umbrian painting from the Middle Ages to the nowdays (works by Perugino, Beato Angelico,Piero della Francesca, Duccio da Boninsegna) Palazzo dei Priori Gothic style Palazzo (built from 1293 to 1443), the most representative buildings of the citys architecture Palazzo del Capitano del Popolo medieval and Renaissance, built at the end of the 15th c. Piazza IV Novembre main square of the city Rocca Paolina Fine example of perfect harmony beetwen past and modern time: fortress built by Pope Paul III in 1540, inside it lately was built an escalator linking two sides of the city San Domenico built between 1304 and 1458 for the Order of Dominicans. |