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GUAYCURUS, a tribe of South American Indians on the Paraguay. The name
has been used generally of all the mounted Indians of Gran Chaco. The
Guaycurus are a wild, fierce people, who paint their bodies and go
naked. They are fearless horsemen and are occupied chiefly in cattle
rearing.
GUAYMAS, or SAN JOSE DE GUAYMAS, a seaport of Mexico, in the state of
Sonora, on a small bay opening into the Gulf of California a few miles
W. of the mouth of the Yaqui river, in lat. 27 deg. 58' N., long. 110
deg. 58' W. Pop. (1900) 8648. The harbour is one of the best on the W.
coast of Mexico, and the port is a principal outlet for the products of
the large state of Sonora. The town stands on a small, arid plain,
nearly shut in by mountains, and has a very hot, dry climate. It is
connected with the railways of the United States by a branch of the
Southern Pacific from Benson, Arizona, and is 230 m. S. by W. of the
frontier town of Nogales, where that line enters Mexico. The exports
include gold, silver, hides and pearls.
GUBBIO (anc. _Iguvium_, q.v.; med. _Eugubium_), a town and episcopal see
of Umbria, Italy, in the province of Perugia, from which it is 23 m.
N.N.E. by road; by rail it is 13 m. N.W. of Fossato di Vico (on the line
between Foligno and Ancona) and 70 m. E.S.E. of Arezzo. Pop. (1901) 5783
(town); 26,718 (commune). Gubbio is situated at the foot and on the
steep slopes of Monte Calvo, from 1568 to 1735 ft. above sea-level, at
the entrance to the gorge which ascends to Scheggia, probably on the
site of the ancient Umbrian town. It presents a markedly medieval
appearance. The most prominent building is the Palazzo dei Consoli, on
the N. side of the Piazza della Signoria; it is a huge Gothic edifice
with a tower, erected in 1332-1346, according to tradition, by Matteo di
Giovanello of Gubbio, the name of Angelo da Orvieto occurs on the arch
of the main door, but his work may be limited to the sculptures of this
arch. It has two stories above the ground floor, and, being on the slope
of the hill, is, like the whole piazza, raised on arched substructures.
On the S. side of the piazza is the Palazzo Pretorio, or della Podesta,
begun in 1349 and now the municipal palace. It contains the famous
_Tabulae Iguvinae_, and a collection of paintings of the Umbrian school,
of furniture and of majolica. On the E. side is the modern Palazzo
Ranghiasci-Brancaleone, which until 1882 contained fine collections, now
dispersed. Above the Piazza della Signoria, at the highest point of the
town, is the Palazzo Ducale, erected by the dukes of Urbino in
1474-1480; the architect was, in all probability, Lucio da Laurana, to
whom is due the palace at Urbino, which this palace resembles,
especially in its fine colonnaded court. The Palazzo Beni, lower down,
belongs to a somewhat earlier period of the 15th century. Pope Martin V.
lodged here for a few days in 1420. The Palazzo Accoramboni, on the
other hand, is a Renaissance structure, with a fine entrance arch. Here
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