Perugia is a notable artistic center of Italy. The town gave his nickname to the famous painter Pietro Vannucci, called Perugino, who decorated with a beautiful series of frescos the local Sala del Cambio; eight of his pictures can also be admired in the National Gallery of Umbria[2]. Perugino was the teacher of Raphael,[3] the great artist of the Renaissance who produced in Perugia five paintings (today no longer in the city)[4] and one fresco[5]. Another famous painter, Pinturicchio, lived in Perugia. In Galeazzo Alessi Perugia found its most famous architect.
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