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Area: 8.456 km2
Population: 847.836 (2001)
Regional Capital: Perugia
Located in the central Italian region of Umbria, surrounded by Tuscany to the north and west, the south Lazio and Marche to the east.

Places to see - Things to do:
- Perugia...
- Bevagna, Castiglion del lago, Foligno, Gualdo Tadino, Gubbio, Orvieto, Spello, Todi...
- Assisi pilgrimage...
- the National park of Abruzzo, Lazio and Umbria ; the lake Trasimeno...

Gastronomy: -non exhaustive list-
pasta (bringoli, pici, strangozzi ...), Norcina style risotto ; omelette with truffles ; "porchetta" and other pork meats, rabbit with olives ; eels, carp and other fish from Lake Trasimeno; lentils from Castelluccio ; cheese (Caciotta, pecorino from Norcia ...) ; chestnuts ; desserts and biscuits (brustengolo, fave dei morti, pampepato, Struffoli...) ; olive oil ; wine (Lago di Corbara, Trasimeno, Torgiano, Orvieto , Montefalco ...)...

Festivities & Events: -non exhaustive list-
March / April
¤ Holy Thursday and Friday : rites of Holy Week in Assisi, Gubbio ...
June
¤ Corpus Christi, "Infiorata" in Spello: Feast of Flowers, procession in the street covered with a huge carpet of flowers ...
¤ penultimate week, "Mercato delle Gaite" in Bevagna: evocation of daily life in the Middle Age ...
September
¤ 2 ° and 3 ° Sunday, "Giostra della Quintana" in Foligno: historical evocation of a tournament in 1613 ...

Native People: -non exhaustive list-
San Francesco, founder of Franciscans Order ; M. Bellucci, actress ; B. di Betto -Pinturicchio-, painter ; Gattamelata, condottiere ; Saint Valentin, martyr ; P. Vannucci -il Perugino-, painter...