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The Giomici Castle is a medieval fortification of 10-12^th century built with the purpose to sight and to defence the Chiascio valley from the attacks of Perugia and Assisi enemies of Gubbio. This part was shared with the other two castles of the area: Biscina and Petroia.
Kept in good condition, there are: two towers, some houses and the little church of 1154 where there are some frescos dated  1200-1600 some of which painted by Matteo da Gualdo, a very beautiful wooden ceiling and, behind the altar, a frame in Della Robbia style.

The legend tells that the castle took the name from its first lord, a German nobleman called Glomisso, who came in Italy with Ottone III at the end of the 10^th century. From this age the castle changed the name several time, but always with very similar names. 
Subsequently other feudal overlords were the owners of the castle: the Earl Suppolini and the Earl of Coccorano. During the 12^th century Federico Barbarossa gave the castle first to Assisi and then to Gubbio that maintained its control till 1217 when the castle passed under Perugia; but in effect Gubbio continued to dominate it sending a lord every six months. From the second half of the 13^th century the Giomici castle passed first under the Earl Bigazzini of Coccorano and then under the Earl Gabrielli. In 1387 it was for a short period under the control of Assisi but, after only 3 years, it came back to Gubbio. In this period the Goimici castle followed the destiny of Gubbio that was under the Urbino Duchy for 247 years. In 1422 the Duke of Urbino, Federico from Montefeltro, was born near Gubbio, in the Petroia castle. He loved Gubbio so much that he named it the second main town of its Duchy and there he built one of his Ducal Palaces.
The attacks of Braccio Fortebraccio from Montone in 1419 were very heavy for the Giomici castle, so from 1432 to 1434 the town walls, seriously damaged, were restored. 
Around 1500 the Giomici castle was shared by some important families of Gubbio and some local families. 
In the mid of 1700 the Vagni family, owner of the near "Villa Dea", bought the castle. At the beginning of 1800 the property was divided between the two brothers Luigi and Giuseppe, Francesco Vagni's sons. The older son had "Villa Dea", and his descendants still own it, the younger one, being a boy, went with his mother in a house near the villa waiting for the end of the castle restoring to move in there at the end of the works and where his descendants still live. With the elevation of Gualdo Tadino from territory to town, in 1837 the title of nobles was conferred to Luigi and Giuseppe Vagni.