What to See in Perugia: Attractions & Sights

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Piazza IV Novembre and Fontana Maggiore Squares
The historic core of Perugia, featuring the 1278 Fontana Maggiore, a masterpiece of medieval sculpture and en…
Cattedrale di San Lorenzo Churches
The cathedral that turns its flank to the square: the Virgin's ring, the Barocci and the Perugians' steps.
Galleria nazionale dell'Umbria Museums
Umbria's picture gallery in the Palazzo dei Priori: Piero della Francesca, Fra Angelico and Perugino.
Basilica di San Domenico Churches
Umbria's largest church, with a window twenty-one metres high and a pope's tomb.
Museo archeologico nazionale dell'Umbria Museums
The longest Etruscan text on stone and a collection of amulets against the evil eye.
Rocca Paolina Castles
A medieval quarter walled inside a fortress's foundations, and still walkable today.
Basilica di San Pietro Churches
The church covered in paintings, with a choir door that opens on the Umbrian valley.
Teatro Morlacchi Museums
The theatre the middle class built against the nobles', a box for each family.
Cappella di San Severo Churches
The Perugia wall where Raphael painted above and Perugino finished below.
Cippo di Perugia Squares
Perugia's Etruscan cippus, a contract between two families in forty-six lines.
Pozzo etrusco Museums
The Etruscan well under Perugia, roofed with travertine beams.
Chiesa di San Filippo Neri Churches
Church of San Filippo Neri in Perugia, built from 1627, with the Immaculate Conception by Pietro da Cortona.
Chiesa di Santa Maria di Monteluce Churches
Church of Santa Maria di Monteluce in Perugia, founded in 1218, with a 1487 tabernacle.
Chiesa di Santa Maria Nuova Churches
Church of Santa Maria Nuova in Perugia, rebuilt in 1404, with a carved choir from 1456.
Torre degli Sciri Castles
Torre degli Sciri in Perugia, the only surviving medieval tower, restored in 2015.
Chiesa di San Francesco al Prato Churches
Church of San Francesco al Prato in Perugia, Franciscan since 1256, now an auditorium after the 1926 restorat…
Chiesa di Sant'Ercolano Churches
Church of Sant'Ercolano in Perugia, dedicated in 1317, with illusionistic frescoes from 1675.
Fuseum Museums
Fuseum in Perugia, Brajo Fuso's house museum, built from 1960 on the hill of Montemalbe.
Ipogeo dei Volumni Squares
Hypogeum of the Volumnii near Perugia, an Etruscan tomb rediscovered in 1840 at Ponte San Giovanni.
Teatro del Pavone Museums
Teatro del Pavone in Perugia, built in 1717 and rebuilt in masonry in 1765.
Villa del Colle del Cardinale Castles
Villa del Colle del Cardinale near Perugia, built in 1576 for Cardinal Fulvio della Corgna.
Chiesa di San Prospero Churches
Church of San Prospero in Perugia, with frescoes dated 1225, the oldest in the city.
Chiesa di Sant'Agostino Churches
Church of Sant'Agostino in Perugia, with its 1502 wooden choir and Perugino's last work.
Collegio della Mercanzia Castles
Collegio della Mercanzia in Perugia, with 14th-century wood panelling and a 1462 counter.
Palazzo del Capitano del Popolo Castles
Palazzo del Capitano del Popolo in Perugia, built between 1473 and 1481, damaged by the 1741 earthquake.
Porta Eburnea Castles
Porta Eburnea in Perugia, an Etruscan gate reworked in the 14th century, seen as a good omen by the Baglioni.
Piazza IV Novembre Squares
Piazza IV Novembre in Perugia, with the Fontana Maggiore built from 1275 by the Pisano family.
Tempio di Sant'Angelo Churches
Tempio di Sant'Angelo in Perugia, a circular 5th-century church restored in 1948.
Chiesa di San Costanzo Churches
Church of San Costanzo in Perugia, rebuilt in 1889, a minor basilica since 2008.
Castello di Antognolla Castles
Castello di Antognolla near Perugia, a papal fief since 1399, now Russian-owned.
Chiesa di San Benedetto Churches
Church of San Benedetto in Perugia, split into two superimposed halls after the 1297 wall collapses.
Museo civico di Palazzo della Penna (Perugia) Museums
Museo civico di Palazzo della Penna in Perugia, with works by Gerardo Dottori and six blackboards by Beuys.
Tomba di san Manno Museums
Hypogeum of San Manno near Perugia, an Etruscan tomb with one of the longest inscriptions in the Etruscan lan…
Cassero di Porta di Sant'Angelo Castles
Cassero di Porta di Sant'Angelo in Perugia, built in 1325 by Lorenzo Maitani.