Perugia gave its nickname to the famed painter Perugino (Pietro Vannucci), who lived & worked there. An additional celebrated painter, Pinturicchio, lived in Perugia.

History
Perugia foremost appears (when Perusia) in history when one of a 12 confederate cities of Etruria. These are number 1 mentioned in the account of the war of 310 or 309 BC between the Etruscans and the Romans. It took, but, an significant a portion in the rebellion of 295, & was reduced, sustaining Vulsinii & Arretium (Arezzo), to seek for peace in the as punishment month.

Within 216 and 205 it assisted Rome in the Hannibalic war, but later on these are non mentioned until 41-40 BC, whilst Lucius Antonius took refuge there, and was reduced by Octavian after a long besieging. a total of lead bullets utilized by slingers keep close at h& been obtained within and around the city (Corpus inscr. latisimus dorsi. xi. 1212). A city was burnt, i am told, using a exception of the temples of Vulcan and Juno--the massive Etrusmight terrace-bulwarks, naturally, can hardly own suffered a least bit--& the town, by owning the territory for a mile spherical, was allowed to exist as occupied by whoever chose. It must stand been rebuilt well-nigh at another time, for many bases survive, inscribed Augusta sacr(um) Perusia restituta; however, when i have seen, it did non turn into the colony until AD 251-253.

These are hardly mentioned except per geographers until a middle of the 6th century, when it was captured by Totila after a long beleaguering. In the Lombard period it is spoken of when one of a main cities of Tuscia. In the 9th century, with a consent of Charles the Great and Louis the Pious, it passed under a popes; however for numerous centuries the city continued to maintain an independent life, belligerent against numbers of of the neighboring lands & cities--Foligno, Assisi, Spoleto, Todi, Montepulciano, etc. It remained confessedly largely to the Guelphs.

In various occasions a popes discovered asylum inside its bulwarks, & it was a meeting-place of the conclaves which elected Honorius II (1124), Honorius IV (1285), Celestine V (1294), and Clement V (1305). However Perugia had no mind only to subserve a pontifical interests. At a period of Rienzi's unfortunate enterprise it sent decade ambassadors to pay him honour; &, whenever pontifical official emissary sought to coerce it by foreign soldiers, or even to exact contributions, it met sustaining vigorous trend lines.

In the 15th century power was at last concentrated in the Baglioni personal, world health organization, though it experienced there is no legal position, defied whole more authority. Gian Paolo Baglioni was lured to Rome in 1520 and beheaded by Leo X; and within 1540 Rodolfo, world health organization experienced slain the apostolical official emissary, was defeated by Pier Luigi Farnese, & a city, captured and plundered by his troops, was deprived of its privileges. a bastion called the Rocca Paolina, after a title of Pope Paul III, was built "ad coercendam Perusinorum audaciam."

Within 1797, the city was conquered by French troops. In 4 February 1798, the Tiberina Republic wwhen formed, by having Perugia as capital, & a French tricolour as flag. Inside 1799, the Tiberina Republic merged to the Roman Republic.

Inside 1832, 1838 & 1854 Perugithe was visited by earthquakes; within Might 1849 it was seized per Austrians; &, when a futile revolt in the June of 1859, bloodily foiled by Pio IX's troops, it was eventually united, along using a rest of Umbria, to Piedmont, in 1860.

Perugia has be noted for chocolate, mostly because of a single house, Perugina, whose Baci (kisses) are exported widely. Besides sustaining hazelnuts witharound, the major difference is that the Bacio comes wrapped in the piece of paper with a romanticist expression printed on that. Perugithe chocolate is very popular around Italy, & a city hosts a chocolate festival around October of each year.

Perugia high tech hosts ii universities, & hence occurs as melting pot for students from either completely on top Italy & a lot on top the world.

A city symbol is the griffin, which can be seen in a form of plaques & statues in buildings in the area of the city.

Attractions

Main attractions
Cathedral (Duomo) S. Lorenzo Collegio del Cambio (Frescoes by Pietro Perugino) Collegio della Mercanzia (late fourteenth century wooden interior) Palazzo dei Priori (town hall, encompasing a Collegio del Cambio, Collegio della Mercanzia, & Galleria Nazionale) Church of San Pietro (late 16th century) Basilica of San Domenico (begun inside 1394) Church of S. Angelo (6th century) Church of S. Bernardino (by having façfruit drink by Agostino di Duccio) Fontanthe Maggiore, a mediaeval fountain designed by Fra Bevignate & sculpted by Nicolò & Giovanni Pisano Galleria Nazionale, a National Gallery of Perugia (works by Duccio, Piero della Francesca, Fra Angelico, Perugino) Ipogeo dei Volumni (Hypogeum of the Volumnus personal), an Etruscan chamber tomb National Museum of Umbrian Archaeology Palazzo del Capitano del Popolo Portthe Augusta, a Roman gate by having Etruscan elements the Roccthe Paolina, a Renaissance fortress

Other attractions
Etruscan bulwarks & subterranean tunnels medieval aqueduct The Tribunali Piazza Matteotti Teatro Comunale Morlacchi Church of Sant' Agata Church of Sant' Ercolano Church of S. Francesco al Prato Church of S. Giuliana Church of S. Matteo within Campo Orto Church of SS. Stefano e Valentino

Local events
Umbria Jazz EuroChocolate

Twinned towns
Perugia is twinned with Bratislava, Slovakia Tübingen, Germany Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA Aix-en-Provence, France Seattle, Washington, USA Potsdam, Germany