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Perugia Turismo

2-days Tour of the Acropolis

Visiting Perugia

Piazza IV Novembre, Corso Vannucci, Piazza Piccinino, Via and Piazzetta Raffaello, Via delle Prome, Biblioteca Augusta, Via del Sole, Piazza Danti, Via Maestà delle Volte, Via Ritorta, Via dei Priori, Casa Museo Marini Clarelli Santi, Torre degli Sciri,  Piazza San Francesco al Prato, Via della Cupa, Porta Eburnea, Corso Vannucci.

From Piazza IV Novembre and Corso Vannucci: the opportunity to visit the Galleria Nazionale of Umbria (1), then Piazza Piccinino for the Etruscan Well (2) and the Palazzo Sorbello House Museum (3). Continue along Via Raffaello and Piazzetta Raffaello, San Severo Chapel (4), Via delle Prome, Via del Sole, Piazza Danti, the Cathedral of San Lorenzo (5) with the Capitolar Museum and archeologic area of San Lorenzo Cathedral (6).

From the nearby Maestà delle Volte, take the medieval Via Ritorta, a narrow winding alley with characteristic workshops and storehouses, which emerges on Via dei Priori. Going down Via dei Priori, possible visits include the churches of Sant'Agata (7) and San Filippo Neri (8), the Marini Clarelli Santi house museum (9), and the Oratory of San Francesco dei Nobili (10).

Continue to the Porta Trasimena gate with nearby the Church and convent of San Francesco al Prato (11), the Oratory of San Bernardino (12), the museum of the Academy of Fine Arts (13). Go back up Via dei Priori to Via della Cupa, to look out on the steps of the Via della Canapina and the Church of San Benedetto (14) on three levels with the apse up against the Etruscan walls, which continues for a nice stretch and has a postern right below the Cupa.

Continuing down Via della Cupa you come to Piazza Mariotti, with the Conservatory of Music (15), and the Porta Eburnea (or Porta della Mandorla) gate, passing through the Etruscan walls on the steps of Via del Paradiso. Go back up Via San Giacomo and Via Deserta to Via Fatebenefratelli, where is the Moretti Caselli glassworks museum/workshop (16). At the nearby Piazza del Circo, take the escalators down and continue past Piazza Partigiani to the Church of Santa Giuliana (17), before taking the escalator back up, crossing through the Rocca Paolina (18) and returning in Piazza Italia. 
 

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