San Matteo degli Armeni Library

Via Monteripido, 2

Peace Documentation Centre

The entrance of the Library

San Matteo degli Armeni Municipal Library is concerned mainly on nonviolence, religious openness, peace education, human rights, multicultural and interreligious dialogue, Fair Trade.

Opened in 2012, it hosts Aldo Capitini collection, donated by the Fondazione Centro Studi Aldo Capitini, the documentation centre 'Elisabetta Campus' of Amnesty International Umbria and the ARPA Umbria Library, with environmental documentation.

Part of the green area surrounding the Library is dedicated to “orti urbani” (urban green gardens), managed by the district of Porta Sant'Angelo Association 'Vivi il borgo'. On 6^th March 2016 was opened the Giardino dei Giusti del Mondo (Garden of the righteous of the world).

Since June 2015 the library is also site for civil weddings.

Info: San Matteo degli Armeni Library
email: bibliotecasanmatteo@comune.perugia.it

Wheelchair acessible
skype: bibliotecasanmatteo

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The restoration of the frescos of the Church of San Bevignate

The new video points the light on the frescos of the Church of San Bevignate recently restored, described by dal Dott. Giovanni Luca Delogu, Art Historian of the Soprintendenza.