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Gubbio, Gubbio, Gubbio! Three Maps/Guides for this Lovely Italian Hill Town

$ 6.33

Availability: 83 in stock
  • Handmade: No
  • Region of Origin: Italy
  • Modified Item: No
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: Italy
  • Condition: Items are in okay condition, with some signs of age and wear, particularly on the older ones (see images)
  • Type: Vintage Official Travel Maps/Guides

    Description

    Three travel brochures/maps for the impossibly charming hill town of Gubbio, in the Apennine foothills of Umbria, smack dab in the center of Italy.
    Includes a small vintage official guide to Gubbio (which reached the height of its power in the Middle Ages, but has been a center of Umbrian culture since pre-Roman times), including a map of the historic town center and a loose ticket for entry to the Palazzo dei Consoli (a massive palace from the early Renaissance era that is now a museum housing the Iguvine Tablets, the Rosetta Stone of the ancient Umbri language) (Azienda Autonoma di Turismo di Gubbiocirca, circa 1960); a larger, colorful official guide to Gubbio, with 20 photographs of the remarkably well-preserved town that boasts many buildings in the Gothic style from the late Middle Ages, as well as an illustrated map in the centerfold (Azienda Autonoma di Turismo di Gubbio, circa 1965); and a more recent foldout map & guide to Gubbio (from A.P.T. of Umbria, circa 2000).