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massive statues carried through the streets during the town's most popular festival, the
Corsa dei Ceri. There's a cafe on top of the hill by the funivia entrance, but the nicest way
to spend the day is to bring a picnic and have a wander.

PIAZZA

Piazza Grande
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Gubbio's medieval showpiece is Piazza Grande, where the Corsa dei Ceri event takes
place. The piazza is dominated by the 14th-century Palazzo dei Consoli OFFLINE MAP
GOOGLE MAP , attributed to Gattapone - its crenelated facade and tower can be seen from
all over the town. The building houses the Museo Civico OFFLINE MAP GOOGLE MAP (Piazza
Grande; adult/reduced €5/2.50; 10am-1pm & 3-6pm summer, 10am-1pm & 2.30-5.30pm winter) ,
which displays the famous Eugubian Tablets, discovered in 1444. Dating from between
300 and 100 BC, these seven bronze tablets are the best existing example of the ancient
Umbrian script. Upstairs is a picture gallery featuring works from the Gubbian school,
while downstairs - and accessed round the back - is a small archaeological museum.
Across the square is the Palazzo del Podestà OFFLINE MAP GOOGLE MAP , built along similar
lines to its grander counterpart, and now the active town hall.

Via Federico da Montefeltro
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(cathedral donations welcome; 10am-5pm, cathedral 10am-5pm) Walk up Via Ducale to the Via
Federico da Montefeltro where you'll encounter a triumvirate of ancientness, beginning at
the 13th-century pink cathedral OFFLINE MAP GOOGLE MAP (Via Federico da Montefeltro; dona-
tions welcome; 10am-5pm) , with a fine 12th-century stained-glass window and a fresco at-
tributed to Bernardino Pinturicchio. Opposite, the 15th-century Palazzo Ducale OFFLINE MAP
GOOGLE MAP (adult/reduced €5/2.50; 8.30am-7.30pm) was built by the Duke of Montefeltro's
family as a scaled-down version of their grand palazzo in Urbino. Next door is the Museo
Diocesano OFFLINE MAP GOOGLE MAP (adult/reduced €5/2.50;

STREET

10.30am-6pm Tue-Sun) , an art

gallery tracing 2000 years of ecclesiastical history.

Museo della Maiolica a Lustro
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(Via Dante 24; admission €2.50; 10.30am-1pm & 3.30-7pm) Just below the Funivia Colle Eletto,
this museum is dedicated to the a lustro ceramic style, which has its origins in 11th-cen-

MUSEUM