Umbria is a region of central Italy. It includes Lake Trasimeno and Marmore Falls,and is crossed by the River Tiber. It is the only landlocked region on the Apennine Peninsula. The regional capital is Perugia.
Assisi is a town and comune 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 km²covering two-thirds of Umbria,and a total population of about 660,000. There are 59 comunes 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 the Umbria region from 2010 to 2019. She has been the manager of Legacoop since 2007.
Maria Elisabetta Casellati,née Alberti,is an Italian lawyer and politician serving as President of the Italian Senate since 2018. She is the first woman to have ever 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. The formal Italian order of precedence lists her office as being,ceremonially,the third-highest Italian state office.
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 currently works as a public prosecutor in Perugia,Umbria.
Vasco Errani is an Italian politician. He was a founding member of the Democratic Party (PD),which he has left on 22 February 2017,to join the Democratic and Progressive Movement,a party founded by the former PD left-wing minority. He has been President of Emilia-Romagna from 1999 to 2014,being the longest-serving one of all time. Errani is one of the longest-serving governors in the history of the Italian Republic.
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 prelate of the Catholic Church who has been Archbishop of Perugia-Cittàdella Pieve since 2009. He has been a bishop since 1994 and was made a cardinal in 2014. He began a five-year term as president of the Italian Episcopal Conference in May 2017.
Marta Cartabia is an Italian jurist and academic who has been serving as Minister of Justice in the government of Prime Minister Mario Draghi since 2021.
Cassa di Risparmio di Foligno or Carifol in short,is a former Italian regional bank based in Foligno,Umbria. A subsidiary of Intesa Sanpaolo,the bank was merged with 3 other saving banks in Umbria to form Casse di Risparmio dell'Umbria in 2012.
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.
Luigi Chiatti is an Italian serial killer,named "The Monster of Foligno" by the media.
Anna Ascani is an Italian politician.
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.
