Perugia Cathedral

St. Dominic's Basilica was built at the beginning of the 14th century on the initiative of the Dominicans, according to a project by Giovanni Pisano (1248-1318). The work was completed in 1458. Between 1629 and 1632, the interior was completely refurbished by Carlo Maderno according to a Latin cross plan with three long naves in a sober style, all in white. All that remains of the original building is the cloister (1455-1579) and, at the level of the choir, a large Gothic window dating back to the 15th century. The two adjoining cloisters of the convent house the State Archives and the National Archaeological Museum of Umbria.

The Basilica of San Pietro was built around 996 as an abbey church. In 1398 the abbey was burnt down by the inhabitants of Perugia, who accused Abbot Francesco Guidalotti of conspiracy. In 1591 a thirty-year reconstruction campaign began, led by Valentino Martell, which gave the complex its present style. The abbey was temporarily abolished by the French in 1799, and definitively abolished in 1890 to make way for an "Institute of Agricultural Education", today the Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences of the University of Perugia.

The Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi is divided into two parts: one is known as the "lower church", built in the rock on one side of Mount Subiaso between 1228 and 1230, and the other as the "upper church", built above it between 1230 and 1253, in the Gothic style. The bell tower is in Romanesque style. The two churches, united under the same name of "basilica", have been listed as UNESCO World Heritage Sites since 2000. The body of St. Francis was secretly transferred to the crypt in 1230 and was so well hidden that it was only rediscovered in 1818.