Funivia Colle Eletto (Colle Einaudi)

The Colle Eletto cable car links Gubbio with Monte Ingino and the Basilica of Sant'Ubaldo. Its small open carriers are a distinctive feature of the city's twentieth-century transport history.

Why it matters

The line grew from a local initiative associated with the eighth centenary of the patron saint's death. It connects modern engineering with the longstanding devotional importance of the mountain above Gubbio.

What to notice

Open metal carriers give the installation a very different appearance from an enclosed gondola lift. The line crosses the wooded slope above the town, with the medieval roofscape and the mass of Palazzo dei Consoli below. The sanctuary at the upper end connects this landscape with the cult of Saint Ubaldo and the Ceri tradition.

Context and history

In 1959 a group coordinated by Zeno Cipiciani proposed the lift. A public subscription, supported by local institutions, helped finance its construction. The line entered service on 3 December 1960. Subsequent renewals and improvements adapted the original community project over the following decades, adding a modern chapter to the relationship between Gubbio and its patron's sanctuary.