Gualdo Tadino

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Comune di Gualdo Tadino
Municipal coat of arms
Country	Italy
Region	Umbria
Province	Perugia (PG)
Mayor	Angelo Scassellati (since June 13, 2006)

Elevation	536 m
Area	124 km²
Population
- Total	15,049
- Density	121/km²
Time zone	CET, UTC+1
Coordinates	43°14′N, 12°47′E
Gentilic	Gualdesi
Dialing code	075
Postal code	06023
Frazioni	see list
Patron	Blessed Angelo from Gualdo
- Day	January 15
Website: www.gualdo.tadino.it

Gualdo Tadino, (Latin: Tadinum, later Taginae) an ancient town of Italy, in the province of Perugia in northeastern Umbria, on the lower flanks of Mt. Penna, a mountain of the Apennines. It is 47 km (29 mi) NE of Perugia and 30 km (19 mi) SE of Gubbio.

1 History
2 Main sights
3 Economy
4 Transportation
5 Fractions
6 External links

[edit] History

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Gualdo has a long history and was once a Roman town on the Via Flaminia. In 552, the Byzantine general Narses briefly restored Italy to the empire by defeating the Ostrogoth king Baduila in what is now known as the Battle 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.

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[edit] 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.

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[edit] Fractions

Boschetto, Busche, Caprara, Cerqueto, Corcia, Crocicchio, Gaifana, Grello, Palazzo Mancinelli, Petroia, Piagge, Pieve di Compresseto, Poggio Sant'Ercolano, Rasina, Rigali, Roveto, San Lorenzo, San Pellegrino, Vaccara