Scheggia and Pascelupo

What to do on holiday in Gubbio? We suggest a small trip, just twenty minutes away.

Scheggia and  Pascelupo, his history and useful tips …

Near Gubbio the road that passes the Bottaccione Gorge between two deep walls goes up to the Madonna della Cima Pass and goes down to Scheggia, anciently named Schisa or also Mutatio ad Hesis or ad Ensem. Today it remains only a ruin of the bridge (1789) called “a botte” due to the fact that it offered refuge to the brigands who populated this area in the past. In the olden days the population of Umbri lived in this woody territory where they built a temple for their god named Iovis Penninus. In the Middle Ages Scheggia belonged to Gubbio and then to Perugia. From 1396 it was ruled by the Montefeltro’s family and later by the Papal State. When Scheggia was ruled by Gubbio and Montefeltros it was a fortified outpost. So it became a bastion to protect defending all the surrounding area.
At the centre of the village there is an ancient, squat tower facing the war memorial. Until 1878 Scheggia and Pascelupo were two different municipalities. Then they were joined together. A 1957 document signed by the Italian President Gronchi testify it.