Museum sights in Perugia
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Galleria Nazionale dell’Umbria
The Palazzo dei Priori houses some of the best museums in Perugia. The foremost art gallery in Umbria is the stunning Galleria Nazionale dell’Umbria, entered from Corso Vannucci. It’s an art historian’s dream, with 30 rooms of artwork dating back to Byzantine-like art from the 13th century, as well as rooms dedicated to works from hometown heroes Pinturicchio and Perugino.
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Nobile Collegio del Cambio
The Nobile Collegio del Cambio is considered by some as the most beautiful bank in the world. It has three rooms: the Sala dei Legisti (Legist Chamber), with wooden stalls carved by Giampiero Zuccari in the 17th century; the Sala dell’Udienza (Audience Chamber), with frescoes by Perugino; and the Chapel of San Giovanni Battista, painted by a student of Perugino’s, Giannicola di Paolo.
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Museo Archeologico Nazionale dell’Umbria
The Museo Archeologico Nazionale dell’Umbria will boggle the mind with its collection of Etruscan and prehistoric artefacts – carved funerary urns, coins, Bronze Age statuary – dating back to the 16th century BC. The Cippo Perugino (Perugian Memorial Stone) has the longest Etruscan-language engraving ever found, offering a new window into the language.
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Museo di Palazzo della Penna
The modern art museum Museo di Palazzo della Penna is as stunning for its palatial surroundings as for its artwork. Frescoes from the 18th and 19th centuries share space with 20th-century futurist Gerardo Dottori and German painter and sculptor Joseph Beuys, a radical ideologist whose artwork transcends social boundaries.
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Cappella di San Severo
The Cappella di San Severo is decorated with Raphael’s Trinity with Saints (thought by many to be his first fresco) during the artist’s residence in Perugia (1505–08) and frescoes by his teacher Perugino, dating to 1521.
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Pozzo Etrusco
You can venture down into the 3rd century–BC Pozzo Etrusco. The 36m-deep well was the main water reservoir of the Etruscan town, and, more recently, the source of water during WWII bombing raids.
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Cassero di Porta Sant’Angelo
The Cassero di Porta Sant’Angelo has a panoramic view facing back onto Perugia which is the main reason to come out here, plus it offers a historical briefing of the three city walls.
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