Luogo - Museum
Museo della Rocca Paolina
Where
Piazza Italia, Perugia
Rocca Paolina Fortress Museum
The Museo della Rocca Paolina is located in the historical center of Perugia, actually inside the fortress.
The documentary material, arranged in the rooms that are next to Porta Marzia, illustrates the history of the Rocca Paolina fortress, built under Pope Paul III Farnese—from whom it takes its name—between 1540 and 1543 based on a design of Antonio da Sangallo the Younger. The fortress was built by taking over the medieval quarter, home of the defeated Baglioni families. It was then its turn to be destroyed in 1860, when Perugia obtained autonomy from the Papal government. Today, the mechanized system that goes through its structures is the main axis of pedestrian transportation connecting the outskirts of the urban area with the city center of Perugia.
