Sights in Gubbio
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Museo della Ceramica a Lustro e Torre Medioevale di Porta Romana
Just below the Funivia Colle Eletto is the Museo della Ceramica a Lustro e Torre Medioevale di Porta Romana. The a lustro ceramic style has its origins in 11th-century Muslim Spain. On the 2nd floor, ceramics from prehistoric times share space with medieval and Renaissance pieces. There’s also a collection of crossbows from the 18th century, some of which have a target range as far as 50m. Check out the really unfun-looking chastity belt on the 4th floor and appreciate the fact that you are alive today instead of 300 years ago.
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Museo Civico
The Palazzo dei Consoli houses the Museo Civico, which displays the Eugubian Tablets, discovered in 1444. The seven bronze tablets are the main source for research into the ancient Umbrian language. Upstairs is a picture gallery featuring works from the Gubbian school.
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Palazzo Ducale
The 15th-century Palazzo Ducale was built by the Duke of Montefeltro’s family as a scaled-down version of their grand palazzo in Urbino; its walls hide an impressive Renaissance courtyard.
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Cathedral
Walk up Via Ducale to a triumvirate of ancientness, the 13th-century pink cathedral, with a fine 12th-century stained-glass window and a fresco attributed to Bernardino Pinturicchio.
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Museo Diocesano
Next door to the Palazzo Ducale is the Museo Diocesano, a winding homage to Gubbio’s medieval history.
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Fontana dei Pazzi
In the western end of the medieval section is the 13th-century Palazzo del Bargello, the city’s medieval police station and prison. In front of it is the Fontana dei Pazzi (Fountain of Lunatics), so-named because of a belief that if you walk around it three times, you will go mad. On summer weekends the number of tourists actually carrying out this bizarre ritual is indeed cause for concern about their collective sanity.
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