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La Fontana Maggiore
Here we see: The Lion Guelph and the Griffin of Perugia; with a bit of December on the left and a bit of Grammar and Dialectic on the right. -
La Fontana Maggiore
The fountain was built in 1275-1278. And it's still standing in the main square. Here we see: The she-wolf that fed Romulus, Remus and their mother Rea Silvia; Two of Aesop's fables (the fox and the crane and the wolf and the lamb); January (a gentleman and his wife at the hearth - Aquarius) -
La Fontana Maggiore
Here we see: May (two Knights on Falconry - Gemini); June (the harvest and flailing - Cancer); July (the threshing and the division of wheat - Lion). -
La Fontana Maggiore
The Original Sin and the expulsion from Eden. -
View of Perugia
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Etruscan Arch
The loggia was added in the 16th century. -
Etruscan Arch
One of the two remaining Etruscan gates: constructed in the 3rd century BC and restored by Augustus in 40. -
Cathedral
The cathedral (1345-1490) was never really finished. -
Palazzo dei Priori
Palazza dei Priori (1293-1443) -
Cathedral
Perugia Cathedral and La Fontana Maggiore in the front. -
Street sign
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Convent of San Domenico
Some old 14th and 15th century frescoes in the side chapels. -
Convent of San Domenico
Baroque 17th century interior -
Convent of San Domenico
A gothic window by Bartolomeo di Pietro and Mariotto di Nardo (1411). With 21 m one of the tallest gothic windows.