Gualdo di Macerata | |
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| Comune di Gualdo | |
Location of Gualdo di Macerata  | |
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| Coordinates:43°04′01″N13°20′17″E / 43.06694°N 13.33806°E /43.06694; 13.33806 | |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Marche |
| Province | Province of Macerata (MC) |
| Area | |
• Total | 22.1 km2 (8.5 sq mi) |
| Population (Dec. 2004)[2] | |
• Total | 924 |
| • Density | 42/km2 (110/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 62020 |
| Dialing code | 0733 |
Gualdo is acomune (municipality) in theProvince of Macerata in theItalian regionMarche, located about 90 kilometres (56 mi) southwest ofAncona and about 50 kilometres (31 mi) southwest ofMacerata. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 924 and an area of 22.1 square kilometres (8.5 sq mi).[3]
Gualdo borders the following municipalities:Amandola,Penna San Giovanni,San Ginesio,Sant'Angelo in Pontano,Sarnano.
Gualdo in the province of Macerata is situated at 652 metres (2,139 ft) above sea level with panoramic views of the Sibillini Mountains. It is between the Salino and Tenonacola Rivers, where the first inhabitants fled in the fourth century from the barbarians invasions.
The medieval castle of Gualdo belongs to the Bonifazi of Monte San Martino then to the Brunforte. After a brief period of peace feuds started with the Varano and then the Sforza.
Parts of the castle walls and towers remain visible in the 21st century.
The bell tower was built in the fourteenth century and was changed to a mechanical clock in 1850. Built byPietro Mei ofMontecarotto. It was restored in the 21st century. The parish church ofSan Savino was built with a Greek cross layout and a central dome. The church houses aGonfalone del Rosario byAlessandro Ricci, and paintings depicting aLast Supper byUbaldo Ricci and aMadonna with St Savino byAntonio Liozzi.
Adjacent to the parish church is the centre for Romolo Muri (1870–1944), dedicated to the founder of the Christian Democratic Party. The library and archives are available to scholars and researchers, and for conferences and seminars.
At the end of the avenue Vittorio Veneto is the church of the Madonna. It was once attached to a Franciscan convent, that now serves as nursing home. The 12th centuryMadonna delle Grazie is a Catholic Marian shrine.
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