Perugia: City Of the Infinite View (half-day) I fell in love with Perugia while living there for three months as a student years ago. On guided visits there nowadays, I love including the…
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In the backstreets of Perugia, a medieval church houses artisanal wonders. Very eager to visit the Perugia laboratorio/museo of the Brozzetti textiles, never had I imagined that the textile looms would line a church…
In Perugia, artistic treasures are innumerable. You’ll certainly want to include in your explorations, the splendid Renaissance masterpieces of Perugino in the frescoed Collegio del Cambio (Money-changers Guild),…. ……the medieval cathedral, backdropping the…
Ever tasted the torcolo? Care to view the treasures of one of the world’s oldest libraries? Curious about the significance of the griffin? Find out while touring with me Perugia, medieval gem…
In the 16th -century, Perugia was described not as just one of the loveliest cities not just in Italy but in all of Europe. Perugia was graced with seventy imposing family towers,…
The facade of Perugia’s medieval splendido city hall, Palazzo dei Priori is graced by steps fanning out that lead up to the Sala dei Notari (Notaries Hall). The flight of steps – created in…
Perugia’s most prestigious medieval guildhall? Certainly that of the Nobile Collegio della Mercanzia (the Noble Merchants Guild), already active in the early 13th-century at the peak of the independence of Perugia’s comuni (city-states). Il Nobile…
In the showcase of architectural gems that grace the city of Perugia, Palazzo dei Priori (“Palace of the Priors,” i.e, the medieval governing body of the city state) is arguably the crown jewel of…
The most powerful guilds in Perugia were those of the “Mercanzia” and the “Cambio” (Merchants and Money-Changers), due to the importance that guild members were able to acquire in the civic life…
In 1872, Henry James spent a week in Perugia, Umbria hilltown and one of the region’s two provincial capitals, lauding this medieval gem as “city of the infinite view.” I always wondered when…