Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #2 in Perugia, Italy

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Number of sights 20 sights
Distance 4.5 km
Ascend 301 m
Descend 294 m

Explore Perugia in Italy with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.

Activities in PerugiaIndividual Sights in Perugia

Sight 1: Palazzo del Capitano del Popolo

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The Palazzo del Capitano del Popolo is a historic building of Perugia, in Umbria.

Wikipedia: Palazzo del Capitano del Popolo (Perugia) (IT)

332 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 2: Teatro del Pavone

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The Teatro del Pavone in Perugia, located in Piazza della Repubblica, is one of the main theaters in the city, curated by the institution called "Accademia del Teatro del Pavone".

Wikipedia: Teatro del Pavone (IT)

168 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 3: Galleria nazionale dell'Umbria

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The Galleria Nazionale dell'Umbria the Italian national paintings collection of Umbria, housed in the Palazzo dei Priori, Perugia, in central Italy. Located on the upper floors of the Palazzo dei Priori, the exhibition spaces occupy two floors and the collection comprises the greatest representation of the Umbrian School of painting, ranging from the 13th to the 19th century, strongest in the fourteenth through sixteenth centuries. The collection is presented in 40 exhibition rooms in the Palazzo. On the second floor of the Gallery, there is an exhibition space for temporary collections, changed several times a year.

Wikipedia: Galleria Nazionale dell'Umbria (EN), Website

127 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 4: Museo del Capitolo della cattedrale di San Lorenzo

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Museo del Capitolo della cattedrale di San LorenzoG.dallorto / Attribution

The Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, better known as Museo del Capitolo della Cattedrale di San Lorenzo, is a museum in Perugia, Italy, adjacent to the Cathedral of San Lorenzo.

Wikipedia: Museo dell'Opera del Duomo (Perugia) (IT)

35 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 5: Cattedrale di San Lorenzo

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Perugia Cathedral is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Perugia, Umbria, central Italy, dedicated to Saint Lawrence. Formerly the seat of the bishops and archbishops of Perugia, it has been since 1986 the archiepiscopal seat of the Archdiocese of Perugia-Città della Pieve.

Wikipedia: Perugia Cathedral (EN)

121 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 6: Pozzo Etrusco

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The Etruscan Well, also known as "Sorbello well" from the name of the noble family which still owns the mansion which includes the structure, is located in the old town of Perugia. Entrance to the well, currently open to the public as a museum, is from no. 18 piazza Danti, through a covered walkway which leads to the underground sections of Palazzo Sorbello.

Wikipedia: Etruscan Well (EN), Website

68 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 7: Casa Museo Palazzo Sorbello

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Casa Museo Palazzo Sorbello

Palazzo Sorbello is a historic building in Perugia built at the end of the sixteenth century. Located in the city center, a short distance from the Cathedral of San Lorenzo, the access portal of the building opens in 9 in Piazza Piccinino, in front of the true of the Etruscan well, an important hypogeum monument citizen of the Etruscan era, whose access is given by some rooms located right in the basement of the same building. Property from the end of the eighteenth century of the Marquises Bourbon of Sorbello, it is currently home to the Ranieri di Sorbello Foundation which since 2010 has given a museum destination to some environments of the ground floor and the noble floor.

Wikipedia: Palazzo Sorbello (IT)

221 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 8: Porta Sole

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The sun gate, also known as the arch of the Gigli or dei Montesperelli, is one of the ancient city door of the Etruscan walls of the city of Perugia. In truth, the gate denomination belonged, before the arch of the lilies, to two other doors, destroyed today. Porta Sole is also a district of the historic center of Perugia.

Wikipedia: Porta Sole (IT)

390 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 9: Chiesa di Sant'Agostino

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The Church of Sant'Agostino is a church in the city of Perugia, located in Piazza Domenico Lupattelli, along Corso Garibaldi, the main street of the Porta Sant'Angelo district.

Wikipedia: Chiesa di Sant'Agostino (Perugia) (IT)

213 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 10: Arco Etrusco

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The Etruscan Arch or Arch of Augustus or Augustus Gate is one of eight gates in the Etruscan wall of Perusia, known today as Perugia. It is one of the only two surviving gates along with the Porta Marzia to the south. It was constructed in the second half of the 3rd century BC and was restored by Augustus in 40 BC after his victory in the Perusine War. Representing the best surviving and most monumental of the Etruscan city gates it opens onto the cardo maximus of the city, corresponding to the modern Ulisse Rocchi Road.

Wikipedia: Etruscan Arch (EN)

387 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 11: Teatro Morlacchi

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Teatro Morlacchi, formerly Teatro del Verzaro, is the largest theater of Perugia. It is named after the musician Francesco Morlacchi.

Wikipedia: Teatro Morlacchi (EN)

254 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 12: Chiesa di San Filippo Neri

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The church of San Filippo Neri, also known as the church of the Immaculate Conception or Chiesa Nuova, is one of the most important places of worship in the city of Perugia. Located in the historic center of Perugia on the axis of Via dei Priori, Via della Cupa and Via della Stella, in the Porta Santa Susanna district, it was built in the seventeenth century (1627-1665) to a design by the Roman architect Paolo Maruscelli, and is one of the most important examples of Baroque in Perugia.

Wikipedia: Chiesa di San Filippo Neri (Perugia) (IT)

271 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 13: Trasimena Gate

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The Porta Trasimena, also called the Arch of San Luca due to its proximity to the Church of San Luca, is located in Perugia, in Via dei Priori.

Wikipedia: Porta Trasimena (IT)

166 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 14: Porta di Santa Susanna

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The Porta Santa Susanna, or Porta di Sant'Andrea, is a city gate in Perugia, Italy. Located in Via della Sposa, it dates back to the late Middle Ages.

Wikipedia: Porta di Santa Susanna (IT)

272 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 15: Oratorio di San Bernardino

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Oratorio di San BernardinoG.dallorto / Attribution

The Oratory of San Bernardino is an oratory in Perugia, in the region of Umbria, Italy, located on Piazza San Francesco next to the basilica of San Francesco al Prato. Dedicated to Bernardino of Siena, the oratory was completed in 1452.

Wikipedia: Oratory of San Bernardino, Perugia (EN)

8 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 16: San Francesco al Prato

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The church of San Francesco al Prato is a deconsecrated church dating back to the thirteenth century, now used as an auditorium. It is located in Perugia, in the square of the same name, next to the Renaissance oratory of San Bernardino, part of the monastic complex of San Francesco.

Wikipedia: Chiesa di San Francesco al Prato (IT)

470 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 17: Porta Conca

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Porta Conca L'utente che ha caricato in origine il file è stato Marc Liger di Wikipedia in francese / CC BY-SA 3.0

The walls of Perugia are the ancient defensive circle of the city. The city has two city walls.

Wikipedia: Mura di Perugia (IT)

513 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 18: Laboratorio di tessitura artistica a mano Giuditta Brozzetti

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Giuditta Casini Brozzetti was an Italian businesswoman.

Wikipedia: Giuditta Brozzetti (IT)

349 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 19: Porta di Sant'Angelo

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The Cassero di Porta di Sant'Angelo is one of the medieval doors of the walls of Perugia, located in the district of Sant'Angelo, at the end of Corso Garibaldi, adjacent to the temple of Sant'Angelo. It is visible in the banner of justice painted by Perugino (1496-1498), preserved in the National Gallery of Umbria.

Wikipedia: Cassero di Porta di Sant'Angelo (IT)

109 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 20: Chiesa di San Matteo degli Armeni

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Chiesa di San Matteo degli Armeni Clodcardinali / CC BY-SA 3.0

San Matteo degli Armeni is a church located in one of the most picturesque areas of Perugia, halfway between the Cassero di Porta di Sant'Angelo, with the Temple of Sant'Angelo, and the Franciscan convent of Monteripido. The church is part of the larger monumental complex of San Matteo degli Armeni, formed by numerous interconnected buildings in the shape of a "U" with a small internal courtyard in the center overlooking the large garden that covers an area of about 4800 m².

Wikipedia: Chiesa di San Matteo degli Armeni (IT)

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