The home of Perugino
Lying on the border between Umbria and Tuscany and close to Lazio, Città della Pieve overlooks the Valdichiana Valley and Lake Trasimeno at 508 metres above sea level.
The historic town centre is distinguished by its numerous bell and defence towers and uniform pink colour created by the bricks produced here since the thirteenth century.
The town’s true artistic pride are works by Pietro Vannucci known as "Il Perugino”, the city’s native son. The Cathedral of Saints Gervasio and Protasio, built on the parish and expanded in the thirteenth and sixteenth centuries, has paintings by Perugino, while his famous fresco, the Adoration of the Magi (1504) can be admired in the Oratory of Santa Maria dei Bianchi. The last great fresco by Perugino, the Deposition of the Cross (1517), can be found in the church of Santa Maria dei Servi. Other monuments of interest include the twelfth-century civic tower, the sixteenth-century Palazzo della Corgna by Perugia-born architect Galeazzo Alessi, with vaults and frescoed monumental staircases, and the church of Sant’Agostino (thirteenth century).
Città della Pieve is also known as home to the narrowest street in Italy, Vicolo Baciadonne.
The town’s most traditional and characteristic festival is the Palio dei Terzieri, an event featuring challenges, races and a Renaissance procession.