About the city and the twinning
About Gubbio
Gubbio is a historic town at the foot of Mount Ingino in Umbria, central Italy. Known in antiquity as Iguvium, it was an important centre of the ancient Umbrians and later became a Roman municipality. The medieval Palazzo dei Consoli, overlooking Piazza Grande, houses the Iguvine Tablets, seven bronze tablets inscribed in the ancient Umbrian language that record religious rites and aspects of civic life.
One of Gubbio’s best-known traditions is the Festa dei Ceri, held every year on 15 May. Teams carry tall wooden structures through the town and up Mount Ingino to the Basilica of Sant’Ubaldo, dedicated to Gubbio’s patron saint.
Friendship Agreement with Bethlehem
On 9 May 2019, Bethlehem Mayor Anton Salman and Gubbio Mayor Filippo Stirati signed a Friendship Agreement in Gubbio’s municipal council chamber at Piazza Grande. The signing was part of a two-day programme devoted to relations between the two municipalities. The programme included presentations on the conservation and restoration of Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity and a first-hand account of the 2002 siege of the church.