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Perugia is also twinned with Seattle, Washington

[edit] Baci

The corrections I just made:

1. For spelling, see the official site; and of course, that's the proper spelling of the Italian word for "kisses"; singular: bacio.

2. Perugina was founded in 1907, see this page at official site; since it's the company that made Perugia chocolate famous, I deleted 19th century. I didn't substitute "20c", because now we just don't know. Perugia may well have been famous for chocolate — Italy in general was — in the 18c.

3. According to the respective official websites (Baci di Perugina, Hershey's) Perugina started making Baci in 1922, and Hershey's starting making kisses in 1907. Therefore Baci are not a precursor at all of Hershey's Kisses, but the reverse. Since the comparison is kinda immaterial anyway — they're really not related chocolates — I removed the whole bit.

Bill 13:44, 14 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Sorry, I hadn't done much research, just found a site that said what I wrote about the comparison to Hershey's. And you're right about the spelling. Perugina is now owned by Nestle it seems. I found a site that gave some info about the history. Nestle Baci --Chammy Koala 16:24, 14 Apr 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Universities

I know the city has another university, Universitá di Perugia perhaps, but I can't remember the exact name. I think there might also be a couple other small schools around as well. Anyone know for sure? Pnkrockr 19:00, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

The full name of the university is Università degli Studi di Perugia, whose latin name was Studium Generale Civitatis Perusii MCCCVIII. Anyway both universities are in the en wikipedia: University of Perugia and Foreigners University of Perugia. Other schools are the Umbria Institute for American students, a Conservatory, the Berklee Jazz Clinics from Boston during Umbria Jazz, and the Università dei Sapori, meaningly University of Tastes, a national school for alimentary education.--Grifomaniacs 14:03, 11 October 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for all the info on the Universities. The American one is actually called the Umbra Institute. I went there for a semester (as well as doing a month course at Stranieri). Thanks! Pnkrockr 14:50, 11 October 2006 (UTC)

Ok. But I forgot two others main schools: the Accademia delle belle arti (Art Academy) and the Scuola di giornalismo radio televisivo (a radio-television journalism school owned by RAI).--Grifomaniacs 12:29, 12 October 2006 (UTC)