Building sights in Umbria & Le Marche
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Cattedrale di San Ciriaco
Via Giovanni XXIII leads up Monte Guasco and Piazzale del Duomo, where there are sweeping views of the city and the port. Here, the Cattedrale di San Ciriaco sits grandly atop the site of an ancient Pagan temple, jimmied together with Byzantine, Romanesque and Gothic features. You can take bus 11, which runs from Piazza Roma to Piazza della Repubblica, or get your exercise walking up the steep hill.
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Chiesa di San Francesco delle Scale
North along Via Ciriaco Pizzecolli and off to the right is Chiesa di San Francesco delle Scale, noteworthy for its 15th-century Venetian-Gothic doorway by Orsini. Check out the ancient waterway below or ascend the many steps to the bell tower.
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Chiesa del Gesù
Beyond Chiesa di San Francesco delle Scale is Vanvitelli's Chiesa del Gesù, which is closed to visitors. Nearby, in the Palazzo degli Anziani, is the economics faculty of the city's 13th-century university.
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Chiesa di San Domenico
The elegant Piazza del Plebiscito is flanked by the baroque Chiesa di San Domenico, containing the superb Crucifixion by Titian and Annunciation by Guercino.
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Chiesa di Santa Maria della Piazza
You'll also find the small Piazza Santa Maria and the disused, tumbledown Chiesa di Santa Maria della Piazza, which retains scraps of 5th- and 6th-century pavement mosaics.
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Museo Diocesano
Next door to the Palazzo Ducale is the Museo Diocesano, a winding homage to Gubbio’s medieval history.
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Chiesa della Madonna dell'Uliveto
In Passignano, check out the 16th-century Chiesa della Madonna dell'Uliveto on the road to Tuoro. Inside, the sanctuary features a Madonna by Bartolomeo Caporali and a decorated holy water trough.
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Cattedrale di San Gervasio e Protasio
The Cattedrale di San Gervasio e Protasio houses Perugino (Pietro Vannucci) works and was developed from the ancient baptismal church (known as a pieve).
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