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The palace facades, facing the four cardinal points, are all four visible and equally important; an unusual thing for a medieval city like Perugia. The main entrance is on the long side facing the square while the backside faces the public panoramic viewpoint, the same panorama which inspired Giosuè Carducci (the gardens take his name) in ...
Location Piazza IV Novembre , Perugia 43°06′44″N 12°23′20″E / 43.112192°N 12.38881°E / 43.112192; 12.38881 The Fontana Maggiore , a masterpiece of medieval sculpture, placed in the centre of Piazza IV Novembre (formerly Piazza Grande), is the monument symbol of the city of Perugia
Perugia was an Umbrian settlement [11] but first appears in written history as Perusia, one of the 12 confederate cities of Etruria; [11] it was first mentioned in Q. Fabius Pictor's account, used by Livy, of the expedition carried out against the Etruscan League by Fabius Maximus Rullianus [12] in 310 or 309 BC.
Those locations were used starting in 1325, [3] the same period in which the Portale Maggiore was built, which became the palace's main entrance. Between 1326 and 1331 the comune purchased from Benvenuto di Cola dei Servitori a tower house, which was connected to the palace by an overpass, above the present-day Via dei Priori.
The Rocca and Porta Marzia. The Rocca Paolina was a Renaissance fortress in Perugia, built in 1540-1543 for Pope Paul III to designs by Antonio da Sangallo the Younger.It destroyed a large number of Etruscan, Roman and medieval buildings, including the Baglioni family's houses in the burgh of Santa Giuliana as well as over a hundred tower-houses, gates, churches and monasteries.
The Etruscan well is near "Colle del Sole", 477 m above sea level, the highest point in the city of Perugia, where the ancient acropolis of the Etruscan town used to be. Its construction can be presumably dated to the second half of the 3rd century B.C.; its purpose was probably to ensure an adequate water supply for the population. [ 1 ]
The Duchy of Perugia was a duchy (Latin: ducatus) in the Italian part of the Byzantine Empire. Its civil and military administration was overseen by a duke ( dux ) appointed by and under the authority originally of the Praetorian Prefect of Italy (554–584) and later of the Exarch of Ravenna (584–751). [ 1 ]
Bevagna is a town and comune in the central part of the Italian province of Perugia , in the flood plain of the Topino river. Bevagna is 25 km (16 mi) south-east of Perugia , 8 km (5.0 mi) west of Foligno , 7 km (4.3 mi) north-north-west of Montefalco , 16 km (9.9 mi) south of Assisi and 15 km (9.3 mi) north-west of Trevi .