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The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Gubbio , town (1991 pop. 30,792), in Umbria, central Italy. It is an agricultural and tourist center and has long been known for its ceramics. Originally an Umbrian town (coins and the Iguvine Tables were found there), it later flourished under the Romans. Gubbio was a powerful free commune in the 11th-12th cent., came under the dukes of Urbino in 1384, and was held by the papacy from 1624 to 1860. A local school of painting (14th-15th cent.) included Guido Palmerucci and Ottaviano Nelli. The town retains a medieval character. Notable structures include the Gothic Palazzo dei Consoli (14t... Read more

Gobbi, Tito
Gobbi, Tito ( b Bassano del Grappa, nr. Venice, 1913; d Rome, 1984). It. baritone and opera producer. Début Gubbio 1935 as Rodolfo in La Sonnambula . Sang Germont père in La traviata in Rome 1937 and title-role in Wozzeck at f. It. p. 1942... Read more

Iguvine Tables
, several inscribed bronze tablets dating from the 1st and 2d cent. AD, discovered in 1444 at Gubbio, Italy (the ancient Iguvium and later Eugubium). Most of them are still preserved there. They set forth the acts of the Attidian... Read more

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