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Province: Perugia
Area: Eugubino
Altitude: 500 m s.l.m.
Surface: 525.08 kmq
Population: 31483 (01.01.00; Istat)
Inhabitants name: Eugubini
ZIP 06024
Tel. area code: 075
Localities: Bellugello, Belvedere, Biscina, Branca, Burano, Caicanbiucci, Camporeggiano, Carbonesca, Carpiano, Casa Morcia, Case Corso, Colpalombo, Corraduccio, Loreto Basso, Madonna della Cima, Mocaiana, Montanaldo, Monteleto, Montelviano, Padule, Pisciano, Ponte d’Assi, S. Bartolomeo, S. Benedetto Vecchio, S. Marco, S. Martino in Colle, S. Cristina, S. M. di Colonnata, Scritto, Semonte, Serra Brunamonti, Torre Calzolari, Via Macchia
Comune di Gubbio
Via XX Settembre, 1 Tel. 07592371 Fax 0759275378
Famous Personalities: S. Ubaldo (1080-1160); Oderisi da Gubbio (miniaturista, XIII sec.); Matteo di Giovannello, detto il Gattapone (architetto, XIV sec.); Guido Palmerucci (pittore, XIV sec.); Martino, Ottaviano e Tommaso Nelli (pittori, sec. XIV-XV); Bosone Raffaelli (scrittore, sec. XIII—XIV); Giorgio Andreoli detto Mastro Giorgio (ceramista, sec. XV-XVI); famiglia Maffei (intagliatori, sec. XVI); Giuseppe Mazzatinti (letterato, 1855-1905).
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Gubbio was undoubtedly the most important city of the Umbrians and perhaps the only one of this civilisation comparable to the city-states of the Etruscans. In 295BC Ikuvinum formed an alliance with Rome with the name of Iguvium, but the mounting interference in its internal affairs on behalf of the capital of the future empire provoked a revolt in 90BC.
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An ally of Rome since the 3rd century BC, in 89BC Gubbio (Iguvium) obtained civic Roman rights following an uprising. The entire plain beneath the city is filled with Roman remains. Remains of the ancient baths are under Via degli Ortacci, while the late-Republican period amphitheatre stands not far off. One of the largest of its time, the theatre boasts a 70-metre diameter cavea and could contain 7,000 spectators, making it only marginally smaller than the great Marcellus Amphitheatre in Rome. The ashlar-work construction was completed by two basilica structures that Gneus Satrius Rufus had restored and completed in the 1st century AD during his quadrumvirate. Restoration work and excavations carried out in the 18th century brought to light fine mosaics.
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The Roman amphitheatre is still in use today, during the Classical season of performances that take place in July and August.
