PERUGIA

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Our hotel room in La Rosetta Hotel

Murano glass chandelier and frescoed ceiling in our room at La Rosetta Hotel

The 13th century Palazzo dei Priori and the Fontana Maggiore which was designed by Nicola and Giovanni Pisano in 1275

Palazzo dei Priori (notice the griffin and guelph lion guarding the door)

Close-up of the griffin (the symbol of Perugia) and the guelph lion above the door of the Palazzo dei Priori

Medieval buildings that are still inhabited

Medieval street and buildings

Locals and tourists enjoying dinner on the main drag -- Via Cavour

WHILE UNDERNEATH THE CITY - - -

Rocca Paolina: Underneath the city of Perugia is a maze of passages and rooms that remain of a fortress built in 1540 on the orders of Pope Paul II to show his dominance over the defiant Perugians.

Rocca Paolina -- Perugia's underground city