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Little is known about the origins of this little town, but, as the name suggests (Gualdo, from Wald=wood), it must be connected with the Lombard occupation of the area. The still visible double circuit of city walls seem to attest to the transition from the era of the noble and powerful family of Brunforte to the following one, when the castle was sold to the city of Fermo (1319). A few relics is all that remains of the more ancient walls, which probably date back to the X century, while much of the XIV century city walls, built from local sandstone, can still be seen today incorporated in private houses, along with their massive defensive towers. The struggles between Gualdo and San Ginesio ended only in 1484, when Pope Sisto IV decided that the river Salino should mark the boundaries between the two towns.
Gualdo has been the renowned native land to Romolo Murri, priest, politician, and occasional reviewer who spent much of his life studying in this town, to which he left his library and his archive, currently located in his old home.
The little town also plays host to the annual (early June) event called “Mostra Mercato dei Formaggi d´Italia”.
Text by Fabio Santilli
Translation by Gianfranco Martorano |