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STRUTTURE CONSIGLIATE DA HOTELASSISI.COM
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It developed around the ninth century BC nuclei of huts appeared in two packages: the Colle del Sole (Piazza IV Novembre and now leads the Sun) and Lando hill (the one where you can find Italy's Square and Palace of the Region and the Province). Due to its location on the border between the Etruscan and the Umbrian territory, to the left of the Tiber the first to the second right, Perugia was part of the 12 most important cities of Etruria: the so-called dedecalopoli.
In 40 BC, Rome was powerful supplanted the dominance of the Etruscan people, Perugia incorporating within its territory. After the fall of the Roman Empire (476 AD), the Italian peninsula became a battleground for people's favorite barbarian and Perugia was placed under siege by the Goths and Lombards. The city returned to design an urban development in the tenth century, the cathedral, which still lies at the end of Corso Vannucci.
In the eleventh century and the town becomes the central square is called "City Square", opposing the pope's temporal power that lay in the City.
The district, mostly in the hands of Guelph, accepts protection, but not the Lordship of the Popes, thus confirming the desire for independence from the Roman Church.
The mid fifteenth century several families (Michelotti, visconti, Fortinbras, Oddi) gave birth to a succession of civil wars for control of the city, which saw prevail Baglioni family, which today is named after the road parallel to Corso Vannucci. Times of intense passions, struggles, marriage to bind families, betrayal, revenge and reconciliation, which did emerge among the leading Lords of Perugia Italy.
The Lordship of the Baglioni was later defeated by the Church and was finally subdued Perugia State pontificate that built the Rocca Paolina, built on the ruins of the most beautiful district of the city. The palaces, towers and churches of the Baglioni, which extended from the hill where there is now Italy's Square to Piazza Partisans, were almost entirely destroyed and razed to the ground by papal repression. With the submission to the Pope, also ended the economic expansion and merchant of Perugia. In later centuries, the city experienced a period of warmth and depression conditioned by submission to the Papal State. In 1848 the fortress was partially destroyed by insurgents against Perugia and Papal authority in 1860 following the unification of Italy a symbol which for centuries had represented the oppression was nearly permanently destroyed. The monument is undoubtedly the symbol of Perugia Fontana Maggiore, dated the thirteenth century, made by the brothers Pisano and depicting religious, historical and mythological. Also on the Piazza IV Novembre overlooking Palazzo dei Priori, now the city of Perugia and the National Gallery of Umbria. Climbing the stairs onto circular Piazza IV Novembre can enter for free in the Sala dei Notari. This beautiful hall was decorated at the end of the thirteenth century, painters from Perugia. Images are depicted biblical stories and legends and emblems representing the families of Perugia at the time. Down the hall is the emblem of such a famous character in the Renaissance: Braccio da Montone Fortinbras. The National Gallery is housed since 1878 in the Palazzo dei Priori is among the richest in Italy with works of international interest and is characterized by the multiplicity of artistic works.
The noble Palazzo della Penna is increasingly characterized as a contemporary art center. Numerous successful exhibitions in the building, a sign of artistic vitality felt that deserves more space. The constant growth of this museum is represented by the permanent collections of Martinelli, Beuys, Doctors.
The Collegio del Cambio is one of the major documents of Italian Renaissance art. After the corporation of Merchants, the currency exchange was one of the most powerful and robust, controlling the flow of money in the city and regulating the exchange of currencies. Pop in Corso Vannucci 25, where a few meters from the Via dei Priori, the entrance to the College of Change. Enjoy even just a moment, this performance art. The artistic part of the hall was decorated with frescoes by Perugino.
The Rocca Paolina: up to 1540 square area ranging from Italy at the end of today's escalators, Piazza Partisans, was the neighborhood of the Baglioni family. Twenty-six towers and three hundred homes, including just those of noble family Perugia. After the "War of the Sun," and submission to the will of the papacy, the neighborhood was razed to make room for a fortress, the Rocca Paolina, where the pope took refuge whenever a rebellion broke out in Rome. In 1848, after centuries of subjugation to the state of the Church, Perugia tore down most of the Rock. It did take so much enthusiasm and used explosive that some pieces ended up passing on Via Mazzini.
The Archaeological Museum: If you are not intimidated by all this art, go to the cloister next to the Basilica of San Domenico in Corso Cavour. An important piece on display at the museum is the "Cippo of Perugia, a stone used to mark the boundaries of territory and whose entries are considered fundamental texts for the decipherment of the Etruscan language. Under the museum there is an Etruscan tomb, rebuilt and fully included in the tour. In this room you will find small sarcophagus, the objects were buried with the dead and the funeral urn pretty, all pink, which are preserved the bones of the noble family Cutu.
Pozzo Etrusco: was built by the Etruscans in the III-IV century BC and is 37 meters deep well. It is located behind the Duomo, Piazza Dante 18 and during the Middle Ages formed the main source of public water.
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