The brick bastion wall of the Rocca Paolina with the Etruscan arch of Porta Marzia set into it above an entrance doorway.

Free entry

Rocca Paolina

The Rocca Paolina was a fortress built in Perugia between 1540 and 1543 for Pope Paul III, designed by Antonio da Sangallo the Younger over a medieval quarter that it buried. Pulled down after Perugia joined the Kingdom of Italy, it survives as vaulted lower levels with old streets and houses, crossed by public escalators.

Nearby

Galleria Nazionale dell'Umbria

art museum

Palazzo dei Priori

palace

Fontana Maggiore

monument

Perugia Cathedral

church

Etruscan Well

historic site

Basilica of San Pietro

church

Free entry

Free entry — no ticket needed

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