Set in the north-east of Umbria, Gubbio is situated on the slopes of Mount Ingino, overlooking a fertile plain. The town of Ceri (chosen as a symbol of the Umbria region) is one of the most important centers and attracts many tourists interested in art. Because of its age-old tradition as a pottery adheres to the Italian City of Ceramics (national brand "Ceramics Art and Traditional
History
Ancient city whose origins date back to the top of the Umbrian civilization, as evidenced by the Tables of Gubbio (seven bronze tablets written in the Umbrian language preserved in the Museo Civico in Palazzo dei Consoli), was named by the Romans and then Iguvium Eugubium. Destroyed by the Goths (552), which took over first the Byzantines (592) and then the Lombards (772), resources in the eleventh century, when it was constituted as a free city. In the twelfth century. Gubbio, with the spiritual guidance of Bishop Ubaldo won a war against Perugia and other nearby cities. With its thriving manufacturing industry (specialized in majolica) reached its zenith in the fourteenth century, a period in which it was enriched with monuments and assumed the characteristic medieval structure that still characterizes it. From 1384 it became part of the Duchy of Urbino and this went to the Church in 1631.
Art and culture
Gubbio is one of the most ancient towns of Umbria, extremely well preserved during centuries and rich of monuments testifying its glorious past. Architecturally it is the masterpiece of medieval civilization and the company's two-fourteenth century, divided into the corporations of arts and crafts. Testimony of its ancient origins are the Tables of Gubbio, one of the most important documents, Italics, seven bronze tablets written in the Umbrian language preserved in the Museo Civico and the Roman Theatre just outside the walls. Dominated from the top by the Basilica of St. Ubaldo, which holds the remains of the patron. Gubbio is home to architectural masterpieces and recall that symbolize the power of this medieval city-state. At the beginning of the fourteenth century dates the construction of the magnificent city complex of the Palazzo dei Consoli, the symbol of the city and home to the Archeological museum and art gallery, hanging from the square and the Praetorian Palace, now the city hall. To remind building heritage, the Bargello palace with the famous fountain and palace of the Capitano del Popolo. Lines of the Renaissance Ducal Palace attributed to Francesco Giorgio Martini, documenting the brilliant period lived under the rule of Montefeltro. Of great interest is the Cathedral (XII century), Santa Maria Nuova, in which there is the Madonna del Belvedere di Ottaviano Nelli, the Church and Convent of St. Augustine (XIII century) with frescoes by Nelli, the church and Convent of San Francesco, San Giovanni, featuring the facade and bell tower in Romanesque style, St. Peter and St. Dominic. Also notable is the square with 40 Martyrs Church and Hospital of the Whites, the lodge of the shooters and the church of St. Andrew or the Monastery of St. Martial. Outside the walls to see the Mausoleum in Rome, the church of San Secondo, the Church of the Madonna del Prato and the Church of Victorina.
Of great interest, as well as to the nature of the Monte Cucco Park, the picturesque Gorge Bottaccione, with the rocks, according to one theory, the hidden secrets of the disappearance of the dinosaurs occurred 65 million years ago.
