The church and the monastery of Santa Giuliana
The Convent of Santa Giuliana is located in the district of the Eburnea Gate, at the end of the gardens of Piazza Partigiani in Perugia.
A visit to the complex of Santa Giuliana is advisable to see the beautiful cloister, attributed to Matteo Gattaponi (1376). It is one of the finest examples of Cistercian architecture in Italy. The monastery of Santa Giuliana, founded in 1253 by Cardinal Giovanni of Toledo, a great promoter of the Cistercian reform, was one of the richest religious building of the city; it was protected by Pope Innocent IV, who granted a special indulgence to anyone who visited it.