Perugia
09 April 2008
With my school I visited the cities of Perugia and Assisi on Saturday. Our time was very short in both places so this will be quick.
Perugia is a city famous for artisan chocolate. There is an entire "city" underground. It looks like a normal city of streets and buildings/rooms but when someone took over ruling of the city he decided to build directly over what was previously there. When you enter the city, you have to go up a set of escalators and stairs to get to the actual center of town. The town square is where the church, important fountain and city hall is. We stayed in the piazza while we got a brief overview of the city, then went to see the Nobile Coleggio del Cambio, which is the "Exchange Hall" for the moneychangers guild, who settled in this wing of a palazzo in 1452. The inside is covered with beautiful paintings about virtues and morales.
Click here for pictures of Perugia.
Assisi is an incredibly beautiful city. It is similar to other Italian cities because everything is made with stone, except here in Assisi everything is made from white stone. From a distance you can see it nestled into the hillside. This area is known for a certain type of pasta (I didn't catch the name) and truffles! Not the chocolate ones, but the mushrooms. So Emma, Sasha and I hiked up the narrow cobblestone streets to the top of the town and ate lunch (which was long overdue) in the restaurant of a small hotel on the edge of town. We each got a different type of pasta with shredded truffles on top. Lets just say we know now why people pay so much money for truffles! They were spectacular.
Sadly I was having camera troubles this afternoon, so I only got about 8 photos in Assisi, which is a tragedy. We are thinking about going back to explore more if we have time. Luckily Sasha was nice enough to let me use her photos so you can see what we saw.
When we arrived in Assisi we had about a hour and twenty minutes of free time, which was just enough to find a place to eat and enjoy the wonders of pasta with truffles. After that we all met up and Samuele gave us a guided tour of the church of San Francesco. This is an amazing church because it is 2 churches, one build directly on top of the other. The lower church is a combination of Romanesque and Gothic style, while the upper "major" church is fully Gothic style.
Here are my few photos from Assisi.
Here are some of Sasha's photos to supplement what I missed.
**Sorry if these don't work right now, I'm having some internet problems. Check back!
Perugia is a city famous for artisan chocolate. There is an entire "city" underground. It looks like a normal city of streets and buildings/rooms but when someone took over ruling of the city he decided to build directly over what was previously there. When you enter the city, you have to go up a set of escalators and stairs to get to the actual center of town. The town square is where the church, important fountain and city hall is. We stayed in the piazza while we got a brief overview of the city, then went to see the Nobile Coleggio del Cambio, which is the "Exchange Hall" for the moneychangers guild, who settled in this wing of a palazzo in 1452. The inside is covered with beautiful paintings about virtues and morales.Click here for pictures of Perugia.
Assisi is an incredibly beautiful city. It is similar to other Italian cities because everything is made with stone, except here in Assisi everything is made from white stone. From a distance you can see it nestled into the hillside. This area is known for a certain type of pasta (I didn't catch the name) and truffles! Not the chocolate ones, but the mushrooms. So Emma, Sasha and I hiked up the narrow cobblestone streets to the top of the town and ate lunch (which was long overdue) in the restaurant of a small hotel on the edge of town. We each got a different type of pasta with shredded truffles on top. Lets just say we know now why people pay so much money for truffles! They were spectacular.
Sadly I was having camera troubles this afternoon, so I only got about 8 photos in Assisi, which is a tragedy. We are thinking about going back to explore more if we have time. Luckily Sasha was nice enough to let me use her photos so you can see what we saw.
When we arrived in Assisi we had about a hour and twenty minutes of free time, which was just enough to find a place to eat and enjoy the wonders of pasta with truffles. After that we all met up and Samuele gave us a guided tour of the church of San Francesco. This is an amazing church because it is 2 churches, one build directly on top of the other. The lower church is a combination of Romanesque and Gothic style, while the upper "major" church is fully Gothic style.
Here are my few photos from Assisi.
Here are some of Sasha's photos to supplement what I missed.
**Sorry if these don't work right now, I'm having some internet problems. Check back!
Labels: Assisi, Perugia, San Francesco
