Gubbio - Palazzo dei Consoli

A settlement existed here already in Bronze age, pre-Roman times the Umbrian people had a town here, named Ikuvium. After the Roman conquest the town gained importance. The Roman theatre here is the second-largest surviving in the world.

Gubbio became very powerful in the Middle Ages, when Gubbio sent 1000 knights to fight in the First Crusade. Later the city was engaged in wars against the surrounding towns of Umbria.

Gubbio is built on the very steep slope. Lifts convey the tourists up to the Piazza Grande from the valley floor. Walking up to the cathedral, looking down to the Palazzo dei Consoli, built between 1332 and 1338.