Perugia
Americannoun
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Ancient name: Perusia. a city in central Italy, in Umbria: centre of the Umbrian school of painting (15th century); university (1308); Etruscan and Roman remains. Pop: 149 125 (2001)
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another name for (Lake) Trasimene
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Kercher’s sister, Stephanie Kercher, told the BBC this week that Knox’s show trivializes the murder of her sister in Perugia, where the two women were students almost two decades ago.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
The Edinburgh Festival Fringe website says Knox's show, Cartwheel, is about motherhood and asks how she will explain what happened in Perugia to her daughter.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
Glazier Vincenzo Perugia hid the Renaissance masterpiece in his Paris home for two years before trying to sell the portrait to a Florentine dealer.
From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2025
Amanda Knox leaves a court hearing in Perugia on September 27, 2008.
From Salon ● Apr. 14, 2025
To decorate his run-down room, Perugia put a postcard of the Mona Lisa on the mantel.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
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