Our Facilities

The Umbra Institute held its first semester in the fall of 2000 and has since been attracting a growing number of students from universities throughout the United States and Italy. Our mission is the same as it was when we began—to provide excellent academics in a rich and exciting cultural environment, bound together with a high level of service and support to students—but our facilities have expanded to reflect our continued growth.

 

The main building of the Umbra Institute (in Via Bartolo) is located just off Perugia’s main piazza behind the historic “duomo,” or cathedral. The building, formerly the ancestral home of the notable Baglioni family, houses many of the Institute’s classrooms and administrative offices. The facility offers a library, digital photo lab, study rooms with computers available for student use, and a comfortable lounge where students can study, socialize, or watch Italian programming and international news. The classrooms are equipped with large flat-screen HD displays and digital projectors, as well as with all the necessary DVD/CD capabilities for language-listening exercises. There is also a kitchen available to students in the Food Studies Program. Wi-Fi coverage is available throughout all buildings.

 

Another historic palazzo, just down the main avenue in Via dei Priori, was the ancestral home of the Oddi family and is one of the best preserved and maintained historic palazzi in all of Perugia. The building dates back to the mid-1100′s, but has been greatly modified over the centuries with a strata of beams, frescos and arches; a testimony to its age resulting in its unique historic appearance. It may be centuries old, but like all Umbra facilities it is equipped with the latest communications technology.

 

Umbra I – Palazzo Oddi Baglioni (Sec. XVII) – Via Bartolo 16

The main Umbra building is located in the historic center right behind the Duomo.

 

Umbra II – Palazzo degli Oddi – Via dei Priori 84

This early Renaissance building and courtyard is used principally for art classes, including Fresco, Drawing and Digital Photography. It also contains a separate classroom, a computer lab, and the Umbra housing office.

 

Dance Studio

The Dance Studio is available to Umbra Institute students taking dance classes, as well as those that are interested in taking private lessons during their time in Perugia.

 

 

 

If you’re interested in seeing more picture of Umbra facilities, courses, and events, check out the Umbra Photo Page!

 

 

 

 


 


The building dates back to the mid-1200′s, but has been greatly modified over the centuries with a strata of beams, frescos and arches; a testimony to its age resulting in its unique historic appearance.