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GUBBIO Hystory of the name
The first name was IKUVIUM dated back to the ancient Umbrian people ( about XIII century B.C. till V century A.D. ) During the Roman times it became IGUVIUM, later EUGUBIUM in the Middle Ages, and then AGOBBIO. Finally, in modern ages, it became GUBBIO.
THE BOTTACCIONE GORGE Gubbio is an important
geological site because
of the discovery place of
Gubbio layer , a
sedimentary layer
enriched in Iridium, that
marks the
CRETACEOSU-PALEOGENE
boundary.
Its characterics support
the theory that a
devastating meteorite
impact was responsible
for the dinosaurs
extinction event.
THE IGUVINE TABLETS The town has very ancient origins and soon it became a very important cultural centre. The
Umbrian people occupied its territory in the Bronze age, as testified by the IGUVINE TABLETS,
seven bronze tablets containing religious and cultural rites of the daily life of the population.
Roman Theatre After the Roman Conquest in the second century B.C., the town remained important as attested
by its Roman Theatre, the second-largest surviving in the world.
Gubbio
Gubbio became very powerful in the beginning of Middle Ages, as a real free Common, ruled by democratic laws and a well
developed social organization based on commerce and arts and crafts.
In the Middle ages
Gubbio in the renaissance In the following centuries Gubbio was
engaged in wars against the surrounding towns, till when it was incorporated into the territories of Montefeltro family with
the Duke Federico. The majolica production reached its
apogee (around 1550) with Mastro Giorgio Andreoli and its innovative
Lustro (reflections) technique. Our school is named after this important
artist.
GUBBIO under the Papal States
Gubbio became part of the Papal
States in 1631 and then in 1860 it
was incorporated into the new
born Kingdom of Italy with the
Savoia family kings.
emigration Gubbio, a depressed economical area, was a town of emigrations from the end of 19° century to the first decades after the second world war . The target countries were France, Luxembourg, Germany, Belgium, Switzerland, Canada, Australia and the USA.
GUBBIO IN THE 20th CENTURY
A lot of people took part to the first and
second world war. On 22nd June 1944,
40 citizens were killed by the nazist
soldiers as a retaliation after the killing
of a
German officer. This day is called the
«40 Martyrs’ Day».
The 40 martyrs spent their last night in
our school before to be killed.
On 2nd June 1946, Italy became a parliamentary Republic, divided into 20 Regions. Gubbio is in the region Umbria, the “green-heart” of Italy.
Nowadays it has got about 32.000 inhabitants. Its principal economical activities are based on tourism, arts and crafts (pottery, iron, wood, leather and “bucchero”- a typical etruskan black pottery –), and cement industries.
GUBBIO
nowadays