- Gualdo Tadino
Infobox CityIT
img_coa = Gualdo_Tadino-Stemma.gif
official_name = Comune di Gualdo Tadino
region =Umbria
name=Gualdo Tadino
mapx=43.2|mapy=12.785| province = Perugia (PG)
elevation_m = 536
area_total_km2 = 124
population_as_of =
population_total = 15049
population_density_km2 = 121
timezone = CET, UTC+1
coordinates = coord|43|14|N|12|47|E
frazioni = see list
telephone = 075
postalcode = 06023
gentilic = Gualdesi
saint = Blessed Angelo from Gualdo
day =January 15
mayor = Angelo Scassellati (sinceJune 13 ,2004 )
website = [http://www.gualdo.tadino.it www.gualdo.tadino.it]Gualdo Tadino, (Latin: "Tadinum", later "Taginae") an ancient town of
Italy , in theprovince of Perugia in northeasternUmbria , on the lower flanks of Mt. Penna, a mountain of the Apennines. It is 47 km NE ofPerugia and 30 km SE ofGubbio .History
Gualdo has a long history and was originally an Umbrian village known as Tarsina. Conquered by the Romans in 266 BC and re-christened Tadinum, it was a station on the
Via Flaminia . In 217 BC it was destroyed byHannibal troops. A similar feat was inflicted it 47 BC byJulius Caesar and in 410 AD by Alaric'sVisigoths .In 552, the Byzantine general
Narses briefly restored Italy to the empire by defeating the Ostrogoth kingBaduila in what is now known as theBattle of Taginae , the exact site of which is not known, but thought by most scholars to be a few kilometers from the town, in the plain to the west at a place called Taino: this suspicion may have received confirmation in 2004.The ancient city survived that war, only to be destroyed in a later war at the instigation of the Holy Roman Empire
Otto III in 966. It was later rebuilt, only to be destroyed a second time by fire in 1237. Finally, the Emperor Frederick II ordered the city rebuilt for a third time in 1239, and it is this incarnation which survives today.Main sights
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Rocca Flea , a 12th century castle which is now the main monument of the town.
*Church of St. Francis (13th century), housing frescoes byMatteo da Gualdo .
*Church of "Santa Chiara" (13th century).
*"Palazzo del Podestà".
*"Torre Civica" (Town Tower).
*Church of St. Benedict, with an external fountain attributed toAntonio da Sangallo the Elder (16th century).
*Civic Gallery, with works by Matteo da Gualdo and others.Economy
The city had been known in the Middle Ages as a center of
ceramic ware; in the late 20th century, the ceramic industry was revived, and today Gualdo is an important center for the manufacture of industrial ceramics and bathroom fittings.Transportation
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Frazioni "Boschetto, Busche, Caprara, Cerqueto, Corcia, Crocicchio, Gaifana, Grello, Palazzo Mancinelli, Petroia, Piagge, [http://www.pievedicompresseto.it Pieve di Compresseto] , Poggio Sant'Ercolano, Rasina, Rigali, Roveto, San Lorenzo, San Pellegrino, Vaccara
External links
* [http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Places/Europe/Italy/Umbria/Perugia/Gualdo_Tadino/Gualdo_Tadino/home.html Bill Thayer's site]
* [http://www.protadino.it/20040919/08archeolog04.html possible excavations at Taino]
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