Gubbio, one of the most ancient towns of Umbria, Italy, and Christmas are a marriage that has lasted since 1981, when on the slopes of Mount Ingino the eugubini decided to “build”, in honour of Patron Saint Ubaldo, a Christmas tree over 650 metres tall and with more than 250 green points of light, 300 multicoloured lights and a 1,000m² star on top of the tree designed by 200 lights.
Such an achievement could not go unnoticed and in 1991 it entered in the Guinness Book of World Records as “The World’s Largest Christmas Tree”.
L’Albero di Natale più grande del mondo (The biggest Christmas Tree in the world) every year is switched on on the eve of the Immaculate Conception, 7th December, and remains active throughout the holiday season, until the day of Epiphany, 6th January, or slightly beyond.