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Piazza Danti
Piazza IV Novembre
Pope Julius III
Cathedral of St Lawrence
Cathedral of St Lawrence
Chapel of the Pietà
Our Lady of Grace
Cathedral of St Lawrence
Reliquary of the Holy Wedding Ring of the Virgin
The statue of Pope Julius III
Palazzo Friggeri
Pigeons
Palazzo Friggeri
Piazza IV Novembre
Piazza IV Novembre
Cathedral of St Lawrence
Piazza Piccinino
Giacomo Matteotti Square
The Post Office Building
Post Office Building
Winged griffin
Italian Post Office Building
Via Guglielmo Oberdan
Sant’Ercolano Gate
A high relief of a lion
Church of Sant’Ercolano
Church of Sant’Ercolano
Chapel of St Charles Borromeo
Church of Sant’Ercolano
Chapel of St Charles Borromeo
Church of Sant’Ercolano
Church of Sant’Ercolano
Church of Sant’Ercolano
Camillo Benso di Cavour Street
Santa Maria di Colle
Basilica of San Domenico
Basilica of San Domenico
Basilica of San Domenico
The funeral monument of Pope Benedict XI
The Chapel of the Rosary

On the left, the façade of San Lorenzo Cathedral in Piazza Danti

On the left is the Fontana Maggiore, on the right is the Cathedral of San Lorenzo, and in the background is the Braccio Loggia in Piazza IV Novembre

The statue of Pope Julius III and, to the left, the pulpit of San Bernardino, made up of ancient fragments and Cosmatesque mosaics, in Piazza IV Novembre

The central nave of St Lawrence’s Cathedral, a 68-metre-long Hallenkirche (hall church)

The chancel and high altar of St Lawrence’s Cathedral

On the left are the remains of the Chapel of the Pietà and on the right a pipe organ in the Cathedral of San Lorenzo

The painting of the Madonna delle Grazie in the Cathedral of San Lorenzo, attributed to Giannicola di Paolo, a pupil of Perugino

The imposing octagonal columns and decorated cross vaults in the Cathedral of San Lorenzo

Detail of the reliquary of the Holy Wedding Ring of the Virgin Mary in St Lawrence’s Cathedral

On the right, the bronze statue of Pope Julius III, seen from the rear in Piazza IV Novembree, with the Palazzo dei Priori in the background

Palazzo Friggeri at the junction of Piazza IV Novembre and Via Guglielmo Calderini

Two pigeons on the Fontana Maggiore in Piazza IV Novembre

Palazzo Friggeri, headquarters of the Regional Directorate for Cultural Heritage, in Piazza IV Novembre

On the left, the south façade of San Lorenzo Cathedral in Piazza IV Novembre

Historic buildings in Piazza IV Novembre

The unfinished exterior façade and the Baroque portal of San Lorenzo Cathedral in Piazza Danti

The Etruscan walls and historic buildings of Piazza Piccinino

Piazza Giacomo Matteotti, also known as Sopramuro

The Post Office building in Piazza Giacomo Matteotti

A five-bulb street lamp and the Post Office building in Piazza Giacomo Matteotti

Statue of a winged griffin on the Post Office building in Piazza Giacomo Matteotti

The large building housing the Italian Post Office at the junction of Via Giuseppe Mazzini (left) and Piazza Giacomo Matteotti

Buildings in the historic centre on Via Guglielmo Oberdan

Porta Sant’Ercolano or Porta Cornea, situated at right angles to the street

The high relief of a lion above the Sant’Ercolano Gate

The exterior façade of the Church of Sant’Ercolano on Corso Cavour, built in the Gothic style towards the end of the 1200s

The façade of the Church of Sant’Ercolano, in the shape of an octagonal tower, on Via Indipendenza

On the left is a bell, and on the right is the chapel of St Charles Borromeo, in the church of Sant’Ercolano

Frescoes on the octagonal vault of the Church of Sant'Ercolano

Detail of the stucco chapel of St Charles Borromeo in the church of Sant’Ercolano, by the sculptor Jean Regnaud, known as Giovanni di Sciampagna

Frescoes by Andrea Carlone and Nicola Giuli in the church of Sant’Ercolano

General view of the interior of the Church of Sant’Ercolano

The main entrance to the church of Sant'Ercolano on Corso Cavour

Corso Camillo Benso di Cavour, formerly Via Sant’Ercolano and Via di Porta Romana

The former parish church of Santa Maria di Colle, now home to the Diocesan School of Sacred Music on Corso Camillo Benso di Cavour

The façade of the Basilica of San Domenico, featuring a 16th-century portal, in Piazza Giordano Bruno

The Baroque staircase of the Basilica of San Domenico in Piazza Giordano Bruno

The 23-metre-high apse stained-glass window dating from 1411, the work of Bartolomeo di Pietro and Mariotto di Nardo, in the Basilica of San Domenico

The funerary monument to Pope Benedict XI in the Basilica of San Domenico, who died in Perugia in 1304, by Lorenzo Maitani

The Chapel of the Rosary or the Resurrection, featuring the Madonna and Child flanked by Saint Dominic and Saint Catherine, attributed to Giovanni Lanfranco, in the Basilica of San Domenico

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