Pope Urban VII,born Giovanni Battista Castagna,was head of the Catholic Church,and ruler of the Papal States from 15 to 27 September 1590. His papacy was the shortest recognized in history,during which a smoking ban encompassing churches across the world was implemented.
Umbria is a region of central Italy. It includes Lake Trasimeno and Marmore Falls,and is crossed by the Tiber. It is the only landlocked region on the Apennine Peninsula. The regional capital is Perugia.
Assisi is a town and commune of Italy in the Province of Perugia in the Umbria region,on the western flank of Monte Subasio.
The province of Perugia is the larger of the two provinces in the Umbria region of Italy,comprising two-thirds of both the area and population of the region. Its capital is the city of Perugia. The province covered all of Umbria until 1927,when the province of Terni was carved out of its southern third. The province of Perugia has an area of 6,334 km2 covering two-thirds of Umbria,and a total population of about 660,000. There are 59 comuni in the province. The province has numerous tourist attractions,especially artistic and historical ones,and is home to the Lake Trasimeno,the largest lake of Central Italy. It is historically the ancestral origin of the Umbri,while later it was a Roman province and then part of the Papal States until the late 19th century.
Perugia San Francesco d'Assisi –Umbria International Airport,formerly Perugia Sant'Egidio Airport,is an airport serving Perugia,the capital city of the region of Umbria in central Italy.
Perugia was a long-time papal residence during the 13th century. Five popes were elected here:Pope Honorius III (1216–1227),Pope Clement IV (1265–1268),Pope Honorius IV (1285–1287),Pope Celestine V (1294),and Pope Clement V (1305–1314). These elections took place in the Palazzo delle Canoniche adjoining the Perugia Cathedral.
Catiuscia Marini is an Italian politician and manager. She was president of Umbria from 2010 to 2019. She has been the manager of Legacoop since 2007.
Maria Elisabetta Alberti,known by her married name as Maria Elisabetta Alberti Casellati,is an Italian lawyer and politician,serving as Minister for Institutional Reforms since 2022. She was President of the Italian Senate from 2018 to 2022. She was the first woman ever to have held this position. Casellati is a long-time member of the liberal-conservative party Forza Italia and served as Undersecretary of Health and Justice in previous governments. In 2022,she was nominated as candidate for President of Italy by the centre-right coalition.
Perugia railway station,also known as Perugia Fontivegge railway station is the main station serving the city and comune of Perugia,in the region of Umbria,central Italy. Opened in 1866,it forms part of the Foligno–Terontola railway,which also links Florence with Rome.
Assisi railway station serves the town and comune of Assisi,in the Umbria region,central Italy. Opened in 1866,it forms part of the Foligno–Terontola railway,which also links Florence with Rome.
Giuliano Mignini is an Italian magistrate. He retired as a public prosecutor in Perugia,Umbria,in 2020.
Marina Sereni is an Italian politician of the Democratic Party (PD) who has been serving as deputy minister of foreign affairs in the governments of prime ministers Giuseppe Conte and Mario Draghi since 2019.
Gualtiero Bassetti is an Italian Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Perugia-Cittàdella Pieve from 2009 to 2022. He has been a bishop since 1994 and was made a cardinal in 2014. He was president of the Italian Episcopal Conference from 2017 to 2022.
Francesca Barracciu is an Italian politician. She was the mayor of Sorgono from 2005 to 2010,and was the Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism in the Renzi Cabinet from 2014 to 2015. From 2012 to 2014,she was also a member of the European Parliament (MEP).
Marta Cartabia is an Italian jurist and academic who served as Minister of Justice in the government of Prime Minister Mario Draghi.
Katia Bellillo is an Italian politician and former minister. She served in governments under Massimo D'Alema and Giuliano Amato between 1998 and 2001. Originally a member of the Italian Communist Party (PCI),she joined the Party of Italian Communists (PDCI) in 1998 and became Minister for Regional Affairs. She later became Minister for Equal Opportunities in 2000,in which role she successfully championed a range of issues including LGBT rights and women's boxing. During the following year,she was physically and verbally attacked by Alessandra Mussolini during a live TV broadcast. After leaving government,in 2008,she was one of the founders of the Unite the Left movement and,after a long political hiatus,unsuccessfully ran for mayor of Perugia in 2019.
Florence Rita Arrey is a Cameroonian judge who was the first female chief justice of the Court of the Appeal. She has served on the Supreme Court of Cameroon,and is a vice president of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. In 2014,she was appointed director of judicial professions in the Cameroonian Ministry of Justice.
The 2019 Umbrian regional election took place on 27 October 2019. The election was for all 20 members of the Legislative Assembly of Umbria,as well as for the President of the Region,who is also a member of the Assembly.
Marco Squarta is an Italian politician of Brothers of Italy who was elected member of the European Parliament in 2024. He previously served as president of the Legislative Assembly of Umbria.
