Salt War (1540)

Veduta della fortezza Paolina di Perugia, Galleria Nazionale dell'Umbria, painting by Giuseppe Rossi.
View of the Rocca Paolina (Pauline Fortress), constructed as a result of the Salt War of 1540.

The Salt War of 1540 was a result of an insurrection by the city of Perugia against the Papal States during the pontificate of Pope Paul III. The principal result was the city of Perugia's definitive subordination to papal control.