Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #4 in Perugia, Italy

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Number of sights 20 sights
Distance 4.8 km
Ascend 264 m
Descend 259 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: Chiesa di Santa Maria di Monteluce

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The church of Santa Maria Assunta di Monteluce is a church in Perugia, Italy.

Wikipedia: Chiesa di Santa Maria di Monteluce (IT)

774 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 2: Santa Maria Nuova

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The church of Santa Maria Nuova is located in Perugia in Via Pinturicchio, in the Porta Sole district and is a parish church dating back to the thirteenth century.

Wikipedia: Chiesa di Santa Maria Nuova (Perugia) (IT)

161 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 3: Arco dei Gigli

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The Arch of the Lilies is one of the openings along the Etruscan walls of the city of Perugia.

Wikipedia: Arco dei Gigli (IT), Website

232 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 4: Chiesa di San Severo

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The church of San Severo is located in Perugia, in Piazza Raffaello di Porta Sole, on the highest part of the city.

Wikipedia: Chiesa di San Severo (Perugia) (IT)

34 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 5: Cappella di San Severo

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The chapel of San Severo is part of the Camaldolese convent complex adjacent to the church of San Severo in Perugia. Today it is a small museum dedicated to the fresco of the Trinity and Saints by Raphael and Perugino, dating from about 1505-1508 and 1521.

Wikipedia: Cappella di San Severo (IT)

168 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 6: 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)

324 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 7: 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)

554 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 8: 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)

470 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 9: 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)

401 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 10: 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)

181 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 11: 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 12: 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)

93 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 13: Fontana Maggiore

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Fontana Maggiore Georges Jansoone (JoJan) / CC BY 3.0

The Fontana Maggiore, a masterpiece of medieval sculpture, placed in the centre of Piazza IV Novembre, is the monument symbol of the city of Perugia.

Wikipedia: Fontana Maggiore (EN)

25 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 14: Sala dei Notari

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The Palazzo dei Priori or comunale is one of the best examples in Italy of a public palace from the communal era. It is located in the central Piazza IV Novembre in Perugia, Umbria. It extends along Corso Vannucci up to Via Boncambi. It still houses part of the municipality, and, on the third floor, the Galleria Nazionale dell'Umbria. It takes its name from the Priori, the highest political authority governing the city in the medieval era.

Wikipedia: Palazzo dei Priori (EN)

56 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 15: 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

73 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 16: Collegio del Cambio

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The Collegio del Cambio is the historic seat of the exchange guild in the Palazzo dei Priori in the city of Perugia, Italy. It was built between 1452 and 1457 and now houses a number of artistic masterpieces.

Wikipedia: Collegio del Cambio (EN), Website

336 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 17: 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)

373 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 18: Porta Marzia

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La Porta Marzia is a city door of the Etruscan walls of the city of Perugia and is located in via Marzia.

Wikipedia: Porta Marzia (IT)

233 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 19: Chiesa di Sant'Ercolano

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The church of Sant'Ercolano is a place of Catholic worship that is located in Perugia at the crossroads between Via Sant'Ercolano and Viale Independenza, adjacent to the stairs that bear the same name as the saint.

Wikipedia: Chiesa di Sant'Ercolano (IT)

299 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 20: Museo civico di Palazzo della Penna-Centro di Cultura Contemporanea

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Museo civico di Palazzo della Penna-Centro di Cultura Contemporanea

The Palazzo della Penna is located in Via Podiani 11 in Perugia and is home to the Civic Museum of Palazzo della Penna-Center of Contemporary Culture, the Deputation of Homeland History for Umbria and the Department of Culture and other municipal offices.

Wikipedia: Palazzo della Penna (IT)

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