Gualdo Tadino

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Gualdo Tadino
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Gualdo Tadino (Italy)
Gualdo Tadino
Country Italy
region Umbria
province Perugia  (PG)
Coordinates 43 ° 14 '  N , 12 ° 47'  E Coordinates: 43 ° 14 '0 "  N , 12 ° 47' 0"  E
height 536  m slm
surface 124.19 km²
Residents 14,730 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 119 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 06023
prefix 075
ISTAT number 054023
Popular name Gualdesi
Patron saint Saint Angelo da Gualdo Tadino (January 15)
Website Gualdo Tadino
Gualdo Tadino
Gualdo Tadino

Gualdo Tadino is a town in central Italian Umbria with 14,730 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019).

geography

Gualdo Tadino is located in northeast Umbria in the province of Perugia on the slopes of Monte Penna in the Middle Apennines . The place is 47 km northeast of Perugia and 30 km southeast of Gubbio .

The districts include Boschetto, Busche, Voltole, Caprara, Casale, Cerqueto, Corcia, Casone, Crocicchio, Gaifana, Grello, Morano Osteria, Morano Madonnuccia, Nasciano, Palazzo Ceccoli, Palazzo Mancinelli, Petroia, Piagge, Pieve di Compresseto, Poggio Sant 'Ercolano, Rasina, Rigali, Roveto, San Lorenzo, San Pellegrino, Sant'Antonio di Rasina and Vaccara.

The neighboring municipalities are Fabriano ( AN ), Fossato di Vico , Gubbio , Nocera Umbra and Valfabbrica .

history

Gualdo is first mentioned as an Umbrian village called Tarsina , which dates back to 266 BC. BC was conquered by the Romans , who expanded the city now known as Tadinum into a station on the Via Flaminia . 216 BC It was destroyed by Hannibal's troops in 47 BC. By Julius Caesar and in 410 by the Visigoths under Alaric I. Further destruction followed in 966 by the troops of Emperor Otto I and finally in 1237 by a conflagration. From 1239 the city was rebuilt in its present form on the orders of Emperor Frederick II .

The battle of Busta Gallorum (also Battle of Taginae ) in 552 between the Eastern Roman army under Narses and the Ostrogoths led by Totila is said to have taken place near Gualdo Tadino. Narses' victory ushered in the fall of the Ostrogothic Empire and led Italy back to the (Eastern) Roman Empire.

From the 5th century until 1915 Gualdo was the seat of a bishopric ( Diocese of Gualdo Tadino ).

Culture and sights

Rocca Flea

In the upper area of ​​the city is the Rocca Flea fortress ( Italian for "Fliehburg"), the exact age of which is disputed. What is certain is that it already existed in 1237 when Gualdo was last destroyed and that it was rebuilt in 1242 under Frederick II. In the late 19th century it was turned into a prison. Today it houses the city's art museum.

traffic

Gualdo Tadino is on Strada Statale 3 Via Flaminia , which largely follows the traditional Via Flaminia from Rome to Fano .

At Gualdo Tadino there is a small airfield ( Aviosuperficie Ali Umbre ) for general aviation .

Twin cities

sons and daughters of the town

Web links

Commons : Gualdo Tadino  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.