About Us
The Seattle-Perugia Sister City Association (SPSCA) is a group of citizens celebrating and sustaining the relationship between Seattle and Perugia, the governmental, cultural and economic capital of Umbria, a region of central Italy between Tuscany and Le Marche. Our association encourages educational, cultural, commercial and personal exchanges.
Highlights
University relationships and student exchanges – with Perugia’s Università per Stranieri di Perugia (the University for Foreigners), known the world over as one of Italy’s finest schools of Italian language and culture, and with the larger Università degli studi di Perugia (35 thousand plus students).
Enthusiasm for art.: Perugia is the center of the great Umbrian school of painting of the 15th Century and home to a remarkable collection of paintings and sculpture in the National Gallery of Umbria.
Cultural, govenrmental, and people exchanges and friendships. Together, the two cities will soon install an original bronze totem in a major transportation plaza of Perugia. Because global understanding really begins with individuals, one on one, the sister city program gives all citizens a chance to engage in personal diplomacy.
Association Activities
- Local meetings for our membership on a quarterly basis.
- Social events that often include a lecture/discussion on a topic of interest.
- Tuition scholarships to members for study at the Università per Stranieri (University for Foreigners) in Perugia.
- Annual projects - sometimes people-to-people exchanges between our two cities; more recently a beautiful calendar of the two cities.
- Participation in the annual market of Perugia’s sister cities, bringing a taste of Seattle culture and products to Perugia every spring. Every 1st and third Sunday morning (11AM) at Caffè Umbria, our Italian Table: we speak and practice Italian, and only Italian!
