Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Perugia was an Umbrian settlement [11] but first appears in written history as Perusia, one of the 12 confederate cities of Etruria; [11] it was first mentioned in Q. Fabius Pictor's account, used by Livy, of the expedition carried out against the Etruscan League by Fabius Maximus Rullianus [12] in 310 or 309 BC.
ISTAT Code Comune Population (2005) 054001 Assisi: 26,196 054002 Bastia Umbra: 19,471 054003 Bettona: 3,952 054004 Bevagna: 5,013 054005 Campello sul Clitunno
The province of Perugia (Italian: provincia di Perugia) is the larger of the two provinces in the Umbria region of Italy, comprising two-thirds of both the area and population of the region. Its capital is the city of Perugia. The province covered all of Umbria until 1927, when the province of Terni was carved out of its southern third.
Palazzo della Provincia e Prefettura by Alessandro Arienti (1867-1873) The Palazzo della Provincia e della Prefettura of Perugia has been built, by the municipal administration, to fill the empty space due to the demolition of the Rocca Paolina; it has therefore its bases above the ruin of the Rocca.
Palazzo dei Priori is the seat of the Mayor of Perugia. The mayor of Perugia is an elected politician who, along with the Perugia's city council, is accountable for the strategic government of Perugia in Umbria, Italy, the capital city of the region. The current mayor is Vittoria Ferdinandi, elected on 23–24 June 2024. [1]
1797 - Perugia was occupied by the French. [3] 1798 - Perugia becomes part of the Trasimène (1798) department of France. 1832 - Earthquake. [3] 1838 - Earthquake. [3] 1840 - Ancient Hypogeum of the Volumnus family rediscovered near Perugia. 1849 Austrians in power. [3] Cimitero monumentale di Perugia (cemetery) established.
Fresco with Saint George and the Dragon. The monastery is preceded by the 14th century gate of Porta di San Pietro designed by Agostino di Duccio, which leads into Borgo XX Giugno and, shortly after, to a monumental facade with three arcades reflecting the opposite porta di Duccio; it was designed around 1614 by the Perugine architect Valentino Martelli, who also designed the cloister, then ...
The architecture is an early Romanesque with Byzantine influences in the chapel placement, but the circular temple is something seen in other ancient churches in central Italy, including the church of Sant'Ercolano and of San Giovanni Rotondo in Perugia.