Arco etrusco

Archi

Mitica Cinquecento

Not in Perugia but it could be as you can find Fiat Cinquecento more and more when you go down South Italy...

Vertical vs. Horizontal

Beyond the trees, the university of Perugia...

Dante

"Intra tupino e l'acqua che discende del colle eletto del beato Ubaldo

Fertile costa d'alto monte pende,

Onde Perugia sente freddo e caldo

Da Porta Sole..."

"Between a sand martin and the water that flows down the elect pass of the blessed Ubaldo

Fertile cost of the high slope mount,

Where Perugia feels cold and warm

From Porta Sole..."

Divina Commedia, Paradiso XI

Terrace!

... Because Perugia is not only made of arches and stairs but also by some private terrace right in the centre...!

Stairs and arches

Perugian equation: stairs + arches = città affascinante!

The Hottest City In Italy

Today, it was said that Perugia and Roma are the two hottest cities in Italy. And precisely now, it's exactly 29,5°C, not bad... not bad!

The sun is shining while the nature is giving its best, what a dream team!

Outdoor Life

The weather getting always hotter and hotter, people get more curious to what is happening outside... 

This old man stayed at least one hour in his balcony watching and glazing on the few passing people on Via Maturanzio.

Well, how do I know that?

I might have stayed staring at him for more than an hour too while enjoying my first sunbathing!

But do not think people are all enjoying the sun.... most of the windows blinds are down the whole day... hopefully to keep the cool inside!

Sad, isn't it?

Holy Water!

20, 23, 26° degrees!

Getting hotter and hotter in Perugia!

Finally a real good reason to eat gelati everyday!

The only sad side of Perugia in Summertime is that there is no water... the water of the Fontana maggiore being inacessible... the only solution is to find other fountains... any idea where this one could be?

Nb: notice the soap to wash your hands after your melting ice cream :-)

Looks Like A Village

From some points of view, Perugia just looks like these small Umbrian or Toscan villages.... small houses coming out from nature, the wide blue sky behind...

Procession Of Illusion

Tonight, going down Via dei Priori, a strange melody could be heard from the top of the street. Going down and closer to the murmer, a religious melody came out of a crowd in front of the San Filippo Neri Church. And suddenly, a white blinding statue was moving above the faithfu's heads! Magic or just an illusion, anyway, it gave the right impression!

Palazzo dei Priori

The Palazzo dei Priori: the most important, the most beautiful, the biggest palazzo in Perugia! How could we have never talked about it?

One of the biggest and most magnificient architectonic expressions of the Italian medieval population. The articulation of the volumes, the assymetries and the irregolarity of the foundation shows its long building phase, starting from 1293-97 until 1443, altogether with the use of preexisting structures. Nowadays, the palazzo is the city headquarter and Galleria nazionale dell'Umbria.

Here above, the front oriented to the Corso Vanucci shows the successive building interventions: at the first level trifore - windows with two arches, line up and above a fabulous repetition of 19 gothic trifore that repeat the below ones. On the same example of repetitions, on the top of the building are standing the becatelli, the cornicione and the merli. (Sorry for the non translation of the last words...)

Perugia Anima Mia

Perugia

Just a name initially

Then a city in Italy

In Umbria precisely.

A place to go?

Where else to go?

Meeting new people

Different but all adorable

And above all unexpectable!

A place to be

Where someone you'll be.

Hanging in the piazza

Eating a pizza

Pure dolce vita!

Sitting around a fire

Not a moment to hire

Surely a dream to live

Before you leave...

Perugia, cara mia

Perugia, anima mia.

Different Stairs

No, there are not only the stairs in front of the Duomo in Perugia... although they are far the most famous, used and useful! Here is a different type of stairs you may find in Università degli Study!

I precise, there are quite hidden and only the most privileged students can use them! So go and find them!

Use Your Balcony!

In Perugia, and most probably all around Italy, balconies are mainly used to hang linens on the clothes line or leave some stuff you do not need inside... strange that with such a nice weather coming for these following months, nobody seems to like to enjoy a breakfast on the balcony or a sunbathing in the afternoon... too bad, they do not know what they miss by closing the blinds...

Wonderful Roses Time

Together with the warm weather, beautiful roses are showing up in the forestage of Perugia!

Rear Window

Everything is a question of point of view as previously said... 

What about this point of view? 

From the open window of a bathroom you can see a girl in a room just in front through her open window...

Hear two old neighbours talking from their balcony about the nice weather, the noise of the never-ending work across the road, the song of the birds...

Feel the new warm air that announces softly Summer...

Smell the intense emanation of coffee from the kitchen...

What a waking up from an open window in a bathroom somewhere in Perugia... 

Like a rear window.

Teatro Pavone

The Pavone Theater was built between 1717-23 and was restructed and decorated as a theater in 1765.  Nowadays, it is an important auditorium in which movies, concerts, debates and other kind of cultural events take routinely place. 

Just a tip between you and me, the best sit is in one of the boxes - loggia - in the first floor. Boxes fit up to five or six people and sometimes people even bring their own pizza to share and watch a movie... practical and convivial, almost like in a drive-in!

Reflected Perugia

Reflected Perugia, black & white Perugia... just a different look for a city that appears different depending on the weather, the season, the people who live in, and, of cours, your point of view!

Interlacing

Branches interlacing 

Almost suffocating

But likely dancing

As the wind passes through

The birds only a few,

The light breaking out

As a laughter out loud

Kitschy San Francesco

At sunset, the sky becomes a colourful palette of numerous shades of pink, from very intense to very bright. And the light from the sun slowly disappearing behind Umbrian hills gives that pink colour to the warm stones of the buildings. Here, San Francesco seems to be made of pink stones... kind of kitsch, isn't it!

We Never Get Enough Of It

... because you simply never get enough of these little streets in the city centre.... what else to say?

1st May = 1st Relaxing Day At The "Beach"

The 1st of May is a public holiday in Italy and we were lucky to have a perfect sunny day. So for once, there is no picture of Perugia because it would have been a bit sad to stay in the city while the Lago Trasimeno can offer you relaxing activities at the lake side... beach volley, football or just lying on the grass and watching the marvellous view on the different islands in the lake...