Nobile Collegio del Cambio

Museum · Perugia

Nobile Collegio del Cambio

Museum · Perugia

Corso Pietro Vannucci, 25/D, 06121 Perugia PG, Italy

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Historic guild hall with astonishing frescoes by Perugino

Corso Pietro Vannucci, 25/D, 06121 Perugia PG, Italy Get directions

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"An interior space within the civic palace famed for frescoes by Perugino, offering a concentrated, high-quality example of local Renaissance painting that rewards museum-goers and history buffs." - Laura Itzkowitz Laura Itzkowitz Laura Itzkowitz is a writer and editor based in Rome. She has been contributing to Travel + Leisure since 2014, when she started as a fact checker before becoming a contributing digital editor in 2015. She has also held positions as a contributing editor at The Points Guy and the NYC cities editor at DuJour Magazine. In addition to Travel + Leisure, her writing has appeared in Architectural Digest, Surface Magazine, Brooklyn Magazine, T Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, Vogue, GQ, Departures, Afar, Fodor's, Town & Country, Condé Nast Traveler, Robb Report, Hemispheres, and others. When she's not jetsetting around Italy and beyond, she can be found in Rome, enjoying some cacio e pepe or relaxing at home with her husband and two dogs. Originally from the Boston area, Laura moved to New York City in 2011 to pursue a master's degree in creative writing and translation at Columbia University. She also holds a bachelor's degree in French from Smith College. * 10+ years of experience writing and editing * Co-wrote "New York: Hidden Bars & Restaurants," an award-winning guide to New York City's speakeasy scene published by Jonglez Editions in 2015 * Contributed to "Fodor's Brooklyn," published by Penguin Random House in 2015, which won silver in the Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism competition * Contributed an essay to "Epic Hikes of Europe," published by Lonely Planet in 2021 * Updated the 2022 edition of "Fodor's Essential Italy" Travel + Leisure Editorial Guidelines

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C V

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Only small, about 2 large rooms in all, but interesting. The whole place has been tastefully renovated. The ceiling paintings are a marvel. The wall murals too. Interesting collection of old coins, weights & measures. Interpretation boards in all the major languages are a bonus. €6 admission. €7 for a combined ticket with the Merchants Hall. An unusual but historically relevant museum, given the importance of guilds and exchanges in the Middle Ages.

Paul Davis

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Amazing place with truly astonishing frescoes. Cheap entry - €6 but doesn’t take long to do justice (20 mins or so). Great place if you want a splash of culture (I have young kids) rather than a full museum

Kent Wang

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Painted by Raphael and his mentor Perugino. You can get combined ticket with the Collegio della Mercanzia

L L

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The front door is so discreet on the main shopping drag that I missed it twice, and even then I didn't know if it is open at all. There is only one old gentleman manning the ticket booth and he was very helpful with brochures and other information about the place. The entire thing is small, can be done within 30 min, but the rich frescoes by Perugino and others are wonderful things to marvel at for a long time. And most of the time I had it to myself. There is also a collection of weight standards from 500 years ago that are very unique.

Vaughan Pearson

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Amazing visit even though there are only two rooms. However the experience was somewhat spoilt by a surly woman in the ticket office who obviously smokes in her ticket booth, the resulting stink detracts from what should be a sublime experience.

Enrico Baccianini

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Stunning inside, well taken care but a bit too expensive given that it’s just 3 rooms

Akram Azerbayev

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Spent nearly half an hour with my daughter in otherwise empty chambers gazing at Perugino’s amazing frescoes. Che bello! It was like a private viewing, both here as well as at the Nobile Collegia della Mercanzia, located just a few steps away and added into the ticket for just an extra Euro.

Rider On Foot

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Built between 1452 and 1457 within the new wing of the Palazzo dei Priori, it was the headquarters of the guild of money changers. From the Hall of the Legists, with a tribunal on the back wall and wooden side stalls carved and inlaid by Gian Pietro Zuccari, there is access to the Audience Hall, used for meetings and reception of the public. Half of the right wall is occupied by the tribunal and counters made by Domenico Tasso, while the walls house a cycle of frescoes made by Pietro Vannucci, known as Perugino, between 1498 and 1500. The works start from the vault with allegorical figures of the planets: the Moon, Mercury, Mars, Saturn, Jupiter and Venus are depicted in the seven canopy sections, and in the centre is Apollo, in a rich grotesque decoration, where decorative and monstrous figures chase each other.