"Terni, and specialized programs throughout the Umbria region in the cities of Assisi, Città di Castello, Foligno, Orvieto, and Spoleto. The faculties into which the university is divided are: Its research programs are conducted by 29 departments with a total of 1,200 full-time staff. The University’s activities also include 25 service organizations and research centers as well as 11 libraries with rich collections and equipment. It had a total enrolment of over 31,000 students for the 2004-2005 academic year. Among its eminent teachers were: Among its students were: University of Perugia University of Perugia (Italian ""Università degli Studi di Perugia"")"
"Umbria Umbria ( ; ) is a region of central Italy. It is the only Italian region having neither a coastline nor a border with other countries. It includes Lake Trasimeno and Marmore Falls, and is crossed by the River Tiber. The regional capital is Perugia. Umbria is known for its landscapes, traditions, history, culinary delights, artistic legacy, and influence on culture. The region is characterized by hills, mountains, valleys and historical towns such as the university centre of Perugia, Assisi, a World Heritage Site associated with St. Francis of Assisi, the Basilica of San Francesco and other Franciscan sites,"
"Umbria was a former stronghold of the Italian Communist Party, forming with Tuscany, Emilia-Romagna and Marche what was then known as Italy's ""Red Regions"". Nowadays, Umbria is still a stronghold of the Democratic Party and left-leaning parties. Umbria is divided into two provinces: Umbria Umbria ( ; ) is a region of central Italy. It is the only Italian region having neither a coastline nor a border with other countries. It includes Lake Trasimeno and Marmore Falls, and is crossed by the River Tiber. The regional capital is Perugia. Umbria is known for its landscapes, traditions, history, culinary delights, artistic"
"traveled through Pietralunga as part of the Ax Miracle of the Holy Face of Lucca. Pietralunga Pietralunga is a ""comune"" (municipality) in the Province of Perugia in the Italian region Umbria, located about north of Perugia. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 2,343 and an area of 140.2 km². Pietralunga borders the following municipalities: Apecchio, Cagli, Città di Castello, Gubbio, Montone, Umbertide. As a small medieval town in Italy, it has many mentions by travelers and adventurers, dating back to 1000 A.D. It is also home to several ancient Roman ruins. According to history, St. Crescenziano"
"Pietralunga Pietralunga is a ""comune"" (municipality) in the Province of Perugia in the Italian region Umbria, located about north of Perugia. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 2,343 and an area of 140.2 km². Pietralunga borders the following municipalities: Apecchio, Cagli, Città di Castello, Gubbio, Montone, Umbertide. As a small medieval town in Italy, it has many mentions by travelers and adventurers, dating back to 1000 A.D. It is also home to several ancient Roman ruins. According to history, St. Crescenziano was killed near the town's center. On 11 September 1334 Giovanni di Lorenzo de Picardie"
"Duchy of Perugia The Duchy of Perugia was a duchy (Latin: ""ducatus"") in the Italian part of the Byzantine Empire. Its civil and military administration was overseen by a duke (""dux"") appointed by and under the authority originally of the Praetorian Prefect of Italy (554–584) and later of the Exarch of Ravenna (584–751). Its chief city and namesake was Perugia (""Perusia""), located at its centre. It was a band of territory connecting the Duchy of the Pentapolis to its northeast with the Duchy of Rome to its southwest, and separating the duchies of Tuscia (to its northwest) and Spoleto (to"
"now part of the Castellani Collection in the British Museum. Civitella d'Arna Civitella d'Arna is a ""frazione"" of the ""comune"" (municipality) of Perugia in central Italy, an the Ancient city and former bishopric Arna, which remains a Latin Catholic titular see. What was once an important town but now only a village of some 350 inhabitants stands atop a small hill (333 metres above sea level) about 9 kilometres east of the city of Perugia, the capital of Umbria (and of Perugia Province). On one side, it provides a view of that city along its main axis from the bell"
"Perugia Cathedral Perugia Cathedral () is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Perugia, Umbria, central Italy, dedicated to Saint Lawrence. Formerly the seat of the bishops and archbishops of Perugia, it has been since 1986 the archiepiscopal seat of the Archdiocese of Perugia-Città della Pieve. From the establishment of the bishopric, a cathedral existed in Perugia in different locations, until, in 936-1060, a new edifice, corresponding to the transept of the present cathedral, was built here. The current cathedral, dedicated from the beginning as the ""Cathedral of San Lorenzo and Sant'Ercolano"" dates from a project of 1300 by Fra Bevignate that"
"Perugia Cathedral Perugia Cathedral () is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Perugia, Umbria, central Italy, dedicated to Saint Lawrence. Formerly the seat of the bishops and archbishops of Perugia, it has been since 1986 the archiepiscopal seat of the Archdiocese of Perugia-Città della Pieve. From the establishment of the bishopric, a cathedral existed in Perugia in different locations, until, in 936-1060, a new edifice, corresponding to the transept of the present cathedral, was built here. The current cathedral, dedicated from the beginning as the ""Cathedral of San Lorenzo and Sant'Ercolano"" dates from a project of 1300 by Fra Bevignate that"
"Civitella d'Arna Civitella d'Arna is a ""frazione"" of the ""comune"" (municipality) of Perugia in central Italy, an the Ancient city and former bishopric Arna, which remains a Latin Catholic titular see. What was once an important town but now only a village of some 350 inhabitants stands atop a small hill (333 metres above sea level) about 9 kilometres east of the city of Perugia, the capital of Umbria (and of Perugia Province). On one side, it provides a view of that city along its main axis from the bell towers of San Pietro and San Domenico, to the Rocca"
"EuroChocolate EuroChocolate is an annual chocolate festival that takes place in Perugia, the capital of the Umbria region in central Italy. The festival has been held since 1993 and is one of the largest chocolate festivals in Europe. EuroChocolate draws nearly one million tourists and Italian natives each year. It lasts for nine days and is located in the squares and areas of Piazza Italia, Piazza della Repubblica, Corso Vannucci, Via Mazzini, Via Fani, The Terrace of the Covered Market, and Piazza IV Novembre. Italy's most well-known chocolate company Perugina (now belonging to Nestlé), known for their Baci, is represented"
"of Bolivians reside in the town of Bergamo. Province of Bergamo The Province of Bergamo (; ) is a province in the Lombardy region of Italy. It has a population of 1,112,187 (2017), an area of , and contains 243 ""comuni"". Its capital is the city of Bergamo. The Province of Bergamo borders the province of Sondrio to the north, the province of Brescia to the east, the province of Cremona to the south and the Metropolitan City of Milan and the provinces of Monza and Brianza and Lecco to the west. The northern part spans the Orobian Alps with"
"Papally-ruled duchy of Rome. In fact, the duchy of Perugia as a distinct political unit cannot be charted later than the 740s. Duchy of Perugia The Duchy of Perugia was a duchy (Latin: ""ducatus"") in the Italian part of the Byzantine Empire. Its civil and military administration was overseen by a duke (""dux"") appointed by and under the authority originally of the Praetorian Prefect of Italy (554–584) and later of the Exarch of Ravenna (584–751). Its chief city and namesake was Perugia (""Perusia""), located at its centre. It was a band of territory connecting the Duchy of the Pentapolis to"
"is home to the Lake Trasimeno, the largest lake of Central Italy. It historically the ancestral origin of the Umbri, while later it was a Roman province and then part of the Papal States until the late 19th century. The Etruscans likely founded Perugia in the 6th century BC. The Umbra and Tiber valleys are located in the province. The eastern part of the province is a hilly region while the rest was covered by forests. The province lies in the basin of the river Tiber and its tributaries Chiaseio, Nestore, Naja and Chiana. The southern regions are less hilly."
"Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Greece, and Montenegro, The Apulia region extends as far north as Monte Gargano. Its capital city is Bari. Puglia's coastline is longer than that of any other mainland Italian region. In the north, the Gargano promontory extends out into the Adriatic while in the south, the dry Salento area forms the 'tacco' of Italy's boot. It is home to two national parks, the Alta Murgia National Park and Gargano National Park. Outside of national parks in the North and West, most of Apulia and particularly Salento is geographically flat with only moderate hills. The climate is typically"
"Spoleto Spoleto () (Latin Spoletum) is an ancient city in the Italian province of Perugia in east-central Umbria on a foothill of the Apennines. It is S. of Trevi, N. of Terni, SE of Perugia; SE of Florence; and N of Rome. Spoleto was situated on the eastern branch of the Via Flaminia, which forked into two roads at Narni and rejoined at ""Forum Flaminii"", near Foligno. An ancient road also ran hence to Nursia. The ""Ponte Sanguinario"" of the 1st century BC still exists. The Forum lies under today's marketplace. Located at the head of a large, broad valley,"
"Province of Bergamo The Province of Bergamo (; ) is a province in the Lombardy region of Italy. It has a population of 1,112,187 (2017), an area of , and contains 243 ""comuni"". Its capital is the city of Bergamo. The Province of Bergamo borders the province of Sondrio to the north, the province of Brescia to the east, the province of Cremona to the south and the Metropolitan City of Milan and the provinces of Monza and Brianza and Lecco to the west. The northern part spans the Orobian Alps with the highest point being Mount Coca at ."
"Province of Foggia The Province of Foggia ( ; Foggiano: ) is a province in the Apulia (Puglia) region of southern Italy. This province is also known as Capitanata, originally ""Catapanata"", because during the Middle Ages it was governed by a catepan, as part of the Catepanate of Italy. Its capital is the city of Foggia. The province of Foggia can be divided in two parts: the one centered in its capital Foggia called ""Tavoliere"" and the other one that represents the spur of the boot-shaped Italian peninsula called ""Gargano"". The Tavoliere is an important agricultural area: grapefruit, olives, durum"
"Perugina Perugina is an Italian chocolate confectionery company based in Perugia, Italy that was founded in 1907. The company also operates a chocolate-making school at its factory in Perugia, which commenced in 2007. Perugina was purchased by the Nestlé corporation in 1988, and it is now a division of Nestlé corporation. The company was formed in 1907 by Francesco Buitoni, Annibale Spagnoli, Leone Ascoli and Francesco Andreani. It was founded in the town of Perugia, which is located in the Umbria region of central Italy. The company was introduced to the United States at the 1939 World's Fair in New"
"Silk, corn and grass are some of the most important agricultural products of the province. The 1840 version of the ""Penny Cyclopaedia"" records that Perugia supplied almost half of the butcher's meat required in the city of Rome. The large number of cattle was fed on grass growing on the plain areas irrigated by the water of Tiber and its tributaries. After the province of Rome, Viterbo and Spoleto e Rieti the Perugian province was the fourth most important of the Papal States. The largest lake in central Italy, Lake Trasimeno is located in the Province of Perugia. The lake"
"representative of Perugia. The present Palazzo Municipale is the former seat of the signori of Corciano, the dukes of the noble family of Perugia, the Della Corgna, who constructed it in the sixteenth century as their rule over the formerly free commune was consolidated. Corciano remained part of the Papal States until the plebiscite of 1860 joined it to the Kingdom of Italy. Corciano Corciano is a ""comune"" (municipality) in the Province of Perugia in the Italian region Umbria, located about 8 km west of Perugia. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 17,008 and an area"
"Lazio Lazio (, ; ; ) is one of the 20 administrative regions of Italy. Situated in the central peninsular section of the country, it has almost 5.9 million inhabitants – making it the second most populated region of Italy (after Lombardy and just a little ahead of Campania) – and its GDP of more than 170 billion euros per annum means that it has the nation's second largest regional economy. The capital of Lazio is Rome, which is also Italy's capital and the country's largest city. Lazio comprises a land area of and it has borders with Tuscany, Umbria,"
"Montone Montone is a ""comune"" (municipality) in the Province of Perugia in the Italian region Umbria, located about 35 km north of Perugia. Montone is a walled medieval village with a small industrial and housing estate surrounding the walled town center. The town is the origin of the Fortebracci condottieri family, whose most famous member was Braccio da Montone. Believed to be of Medieval origins, Montone appears in the tenth century as a fiefdom of the Margravate of Colle and subsequently of the Del Monte family. By 1121 Montone, now under the direct control of Perugia, was authorized to be"
"same year the Rocca Paolina, symbol of the papal oppression. The region of Umbria, with capital Perugia, was part of the Kingdom of Italy in the following year. The region, whose economy was mainly based on agriculture, experienced a dramatic economic shift at the end of the 19th century with the founding of the ""Acciaierie di Terni"", a major steelwork placed in Terni because of its abundance of electric power due to the Marmore waterfall and its secluded position. The region of Umbria at the time was somewhat larger than today, comprising Rieti to the south, now part of Lazio."
"exercise metropolitan jurisdiction. Roman Catholic Diocese of Gubbio The Italian Catholic Diocese of Gubbio () is in the province of Perugia, in Umbria, central Italy. In the eighth century Gubbio became part of the Patrimony of St. Peter, together with the duchy of Spoleto. It was often at war with Perugia, and its victory in 1151 over Perugia and ten other towns is famous. St. Ubald, bishop of the city, directed the campaign. Gubbio favoured the Ghibelline party; however, in 1260 the Guelphs surprised the town, and drove out the Ghibellines; who returned again in 1300 under the leadership of"
"Pierluigi Borghetti Pierluigi Borghetti (born 18 November 1984 in Brescia) is an Italian footballer who plays for Perugia. Born in Brescia, Lombardy, Borghetti started his professional career at the Province of Brescia team Lumezzane, where he was promoted from its Berretti under-20 team. In July 2005 he joined ""Serie B"" club Crotone along with Nicola Ferrari, which he joined in co-ownership deal, from Brescia. In June 2007 Borghetti acquired the remain 50% registration rights. On 2 February 2009 he joined Ternana. In July 2011 he joined Perugia. Borghetti played for Italy U-20 C team in 2004–05 Mirop Cup. He also"
"and the head office is in Trevi. The most part of Montecastello’s hills, from century traditions, are cultivated with care and passion with olive tree. This tree produces a quality olive oil and is a pleasure feature of landscape. Monte Castello di Vibio Monte Castello di Vibio is a ""comune"" (municipality) in the Province of Perugia in the Italian region Umbria, located about 30 km south of Perugia. Monte Castello di Vibio borders the following municipalities: Fratta Todina, San Venanzo, Todi. The municipality of Monte Castello di Vibio is home to the Teatro della Concordia, which is the smallest theatre"
"rest of the country. Italy's center includes the celebrated culinary regions of Tuscany — famous for its olive oil and bean dishes — and Emilia-Romagna — home of ""prosciutto di Parma,"" ""parmigiano-reggiano,"" and ""ragù"" — the latter now produced (and traduced) worldwide as ""spaghetti alla bolognese."" Southern Italy includes the hearty food of Lazio in which meat and offal frequently figure, but also the vegetable-focused fare of Basilicata, historically one of Italy's poorest regions. The islands of Sicily and Sardinia have distinctively different foodways. The former is notable for its many sweet dishes, seafood, and citrus fruit, while Sardinian cuisine"
"Province of Pesaro and Urbino The Province of Pesaro and Urbino (, ) is a province in the Marche region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Pesaro. It also borders the state of San Marino. The province is surrounded by San Marino and Emilia Romagna in the north, Umbria and Tuscany in the west, Ancona in the south and the Adriatic Sea on the east. The province has an enclave of the Umbrian commune of Citta' di Castello named Monte Ruperto. The province is also known as ""Riviera of Hills"". It is mostly covered by hills and is"
"Chiavano, Civita, Colforcella, Collegiacone, Colmotino, Coronella, Fogliano, Logna, Maltignano, Ocosce, Onelli, Opagna, Poggio Primocaso, Roccaporena, San Giorgio, Santa Anatolia, Trognano, Villa San Silvestro, Santa Trinità, Fustagna, Piandoli, Giappiedi, Capanne di Collegiacone, Sciedi, Valdonica, Capanne di Roccaporena, Tazzo, Manigi, Serviglio, Colle Santo Stefano, Puro, Palmaiolo. ""(Incorporates text from Bill Thayer's site, by permission.)"" <br> Cascia Cascia () is a town and ""comune"" (municipality) of the Italian province of Perugia in a rather remote area of the mountainous southeastern corner of Umbria. It is about 21 km from Norcia on the road to Rieti in the Lazio (63 km). The modern territory"
"Province of Parma The Province of Parma () is a province in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy. Its largest town and capital is the city of Parma. It is made up of 47 ""comuni"". It has an area of and a total population of around 450,000. The province is bordered by the Province of Reggio Emilia to the east, the Piacenza to the west, Lombardy's provinces of Cremona and Mantova to the north and by Liguria's provinces of La Spezia and Genoa and Tuscany's Province of Massa and Carrara to the south. In 1861, Italian provinces were established on the"
"Bastia Umbra Bastia Umbra is a ""comune"" (municipality) in the Province of Perugia in the Italian region Umbria, located about 15km southeast of Perugia. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 20,523 and an area of 27.6km². Bastia Umbra borders the following municipalities: Assisi, Bettona, Perugia, Torgiano. First news of settlements in the area dates from the 11th century AD, although the presence of Roman ruins testify the it was inhabited also in ancient times. In the Middle Ages Bastia was entangled in the struggle between the communes of Assisi and Perugia; in 1319, after a siege"
"Valfabbrica Valfabbrica is a ""comune"" (municipality) in the Province of Perugia in the Italian region Umbria, located about 20 km northeast of Perugia. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 3,542 and an area of 92.1 km². The municipality of Valfabbrica contains the ""frazioni"" (subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Casacastalda, Coccorano, Collemincio, Giomici, Monte Verde, Poggio Morico, and Poggio San Dionisio. Valfabbrica borders the following municipalities: Assisi, Gualdo Tadino, Gubbio, Nocera Umbra, Perugia. The town developed around the Abbey of Santa Maria in ""Vado Fabricae"", created by the monks of Nonantola. Later it was contended by the"