Gualdo Tadino

Description

Ancient Gualdo Tadino (PG) has been destroyed and rebuilt many times, the third time in 1237 after a devastating fire.

Monuments of significance include the recently restored hilltop Rocca Flea, an example of 12^th century military architecture, rebuilt by the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II in 1247 and today the setting for the Civic Museum. Religious buildings include the Cathedral of St. Benedict (13^th century) whose Romanesque-Gothic façade features a rose window with a double row of columns; the Church of Santa Maria dei Raccomandati (14^th century) which houses a triptych of the Madonna and Child, Saints Sebastian and Roch by Matteo da Gualdo; and the Church of St. Francis consecrated in 1315. On the main square, the Palazzo Comunale has an 18^th century noble façade while the 13^th century Torre Civica is all that remains of the Palazzo del Podestà, engulfed by buildings from later ages.

The territory of Gualdo Tadino has a wealth of historical, artistic and religious monuments: the ancient Church of St. Facondino whose imposing bell tower was repurposed from an even older tower; the Church of St. John the Baptist in Grello with frescoes by Matteo da Gualdo; the Church of Santa Maria del Soccorso in Rigali; the ruins of the ancient Castle of Poggio Sant'Ercolano; the Romanesque Church of Santa Maria, near the fortified borgo of Pieve di Compresseto, preserves various frescoes, some attributed to the school of Matteo da Gualdo; all that remains of the Castle of St. Pellegrino, once a checkpoint on via Flaminia and the road to Gubbio, is an imposing tower; and the Parish Church of Caprara with frescoes by Matteo da Gualdo.