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Rocca Paolina — The Underground City – Fontana Maggiore, Perugia loop from Perugia

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Rocca Paolina — The Underground City – Fontana Maggiore, Perugia loop from Perugia

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Rocca Paolina — The Underground City – Fontana Maggiore, Perugia loop from Perugia

01:24

4.91km

120m

Hiking

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: April 7, 2026

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570 m

View of Perugia

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The balcony of Perugia..... It allows you to admire its extension. From the panoramic point there is a map, where all the most important monuments of the city are indicated.

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736 m

Rocca Paolina — The Underground City

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The Rocca Paolina was a Renaissance fortress in Perugia, built between 1540 and 1543 for Pope Paul III. It was built according to designs by Antonio da Sangallo the Younger.
A mysterious series of tunnels gives a premature glimpse of Perugia's nooks and crannies. The jumble of cobbled streets and arched stairwells is essentially all that remains of a once-imposing fortress.

Today these arched foundations are part of a popular route that takes visitors from Piazza Partigiani into the city. Riding through the walls on the many escalators (scale mobili) is a typical urban experience. It feels like entering a lost world, with secret doors that reveal one shop or another for art exhibitions.

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896 m

View of Perugia's Old Town

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Perugia has a beautiful historical city centre with many buildings and streets that make you feel as if you are in the Middle Ages. The atmosphere is relaxed. The city is very popular among students.

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1.11 km

Hall of the Notaries, Palace of the Priors

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Palazzo dei Priori, or municipal, is one of the best examples in Italy of a public building from the municipal age. It is located in the central Piazza IV Novembre in Perugia, Umbria. It extends along Corso Vannucci up to via Boncambi. It is still home to part of the Town Hall and, on the third floor, the National Gallery of Umbria. It owes its name to the Priors, the highest political authority governing the city in medieval times.

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1.20 km

Fontana Maggiore, Perugia

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The Fontana Maggiore, located in the center of Piazza IV Novembre, is the symbolic monument of the city of Perugia.
Built by Umberto the Master, between 1278 and 1280, to celebrate the arrival of water in the acropolis of the city, thanks to the new aqueduct.

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1.24 km

Piazza IV Novembre and Fontana Maggiore

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The true center of the city is here, in Piazza IV Novembre: a symbolic, cultural, political and religious place that has been the meeting point between people, activities and important events for centuries. The medieval architecture and the splendid decorative details, with their bright and warm colors, are what can be admired at the Palazzo dei Priori, the Fontana Maggiore and the Duomo.

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