Actually, we went for much more than chocolates...
September 28, 2017
We left Orvieto and travel to Tuscany to taste its wine and take in its splendid scenery. Along the way we stop at Perugia, an Etruscan stronghold in the past but which came under Romans later. the Papacy and travails of WWII effectively made Etruscans disappear. It is the provincial capital of Umbria.
The city of Perugia has a hilltop area (669 ft above sea level) which has all the main sightseeing places and can be reached by a Mini monorail, a fully automated driverless transport system. Perugia also has a town in the foothills. To escape the mosquitos it appears that hill-top city was built.
We used the Mini metro as a group to go to the hilltop city. Metro Pichetto.
The main attractions that we could cover in our short visit were the Papal built underground city merging with the remains of Etruscan's constructions; the Vittorio Emanuel the II's statue in Piazza of Italy; the group of important sights - the Fontana Maggiore; the National Museum of Perugia; the St. Lawrence’s' Cathedral and the Palazzo dei Priori; and the main streets of Perugia connecting all these locations.
Our main regret was we could neither enter the Cathedral nor visit the museum which appears to have some important paintings.
Here are some pictures of our visit.
Perugina Chocolate shop. They also gave out samples distributed by our tour director.
Eglo was a communist and cousin of Ricardo Tenerini who organized the resistance during WWII.
Exit from Rocca Paolina, the Etruscan underground city.
Statue of Vittorio Emanuel the II. Source: Bing Maps
Lunch at the Caffe Blu. All water carafes are blue.
Just entered the museum but did not visit the interior. The Galleria Nazionale dell'Umbria is hosted in the upper floors of Palazzo dei Priori, with the entrance in Corso Vannucci.
Fontana Maggiore from Bing Map. It is next to the St. Lorenzo Cathedral.
We will be leaving around 2:30 PM on our way to Tuscany.
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