Gubbio

Medieval Conducted

Two aqueducts provided the water for Gubbio’s extensive water-supply system. One came from the “Bottaccione” ravine and was fed by the springs at the base of Mount Foce. Having crossed through the natural barrier of the “Bottaccione” the water was then carried along the aqueduct built by the Commune in 1327. This audacious piece of engineering, which is still in use today, made it possible to supply a water tank above the Duke’s Palace which then distributed water to some of the central and western districts of the town and also supplied the cisterns at the Palazzo del Popolo, the San Giuliano Fountain and the one in the vicinity of the “Abbondanza” bakeries. The second aqueduct was in the eastern part of the town supplying the San Marziale and San Pietro fountains and the one in Via Dante, and its water came from springs located between Mount Ingino and Mount Ansciano. Another important fountain, variously called Ser Baglione’s Fountain or the Fountain of San Verecondo, is to be found in Via Gabrielli and was supplied by a spring on Mount Calvo or Foce known as the Fumante Spring.