Stazione Perugia Fontivegge

" Perugia – The great “Guelf strong-hold” rises up in the region’s heart, with its 5 historical quarters closed in by its Etruscan town walls. These enormous bastions formed by boulders square cyclopean, were constructed 22 centuries ago and are still visible for long stretches. Entering the city via Porta San Pietro, whose exterior was remodeled by Agostino di Duccio in 1475, you’ll arrive at the Basilica of St. Dominic on the right-hand side; the very important National Archeological Museum of Umbria is to be found in the adjacent cloisters and convent. Continuing along, you’ll reach the Piazza del Sopramuro, where the 15th century Palace of the Old University and the adjacent Palace of the People’s Captain look down on the square. Further on, after a short climb, you’ll find yourself in one of Italy’s most important squares, where you’ll see the Priors’ Palace, the Cathedral and the 13th century Major Fountain at the center. At the extreme end of “Corso Vannucci” you’ll find famous panoramic gardens built on the foundations of the “Rocca Paolina”, a strong-hold built by Pope Paul III in 1540. Gubbio is a very old town founded by Umbrian people on the top of the Ingino-Mountain at the beginning of the first century B.C. The ancient “Ikuvium” is proved by the Tables of Gubbio which are now kept in the Consul’s Palace built from 1332 to 1349 and which is one of the most important civil buildings of Italy. A real curiosity is the world’s tallest virtual Christmas tree: “drawn” on the slopes of the Ingino-Mountain by using a long chain of electric lights which are switched on in the occasion of the “Immaculate Conception” (8th of December), it illuminates the slopes during the whole Christmas period."