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26 Amazing Places to See in Cortona & Arezzo. Giulia Bianchi 26 Amazing Places to See in Cortona, Arezzo, Sansepolcro, Anghiari & Casentino Italy – Cappannelle.it 1. Cortona Cortona is a small charming town in the province of Arezzo in southern Tuscany. The city’s origins date back to the Etruscan and Roman times and it’s situated on top of a hill. This position oers a spectacular view from all over the town of the surrounding valley and even Lake Trasimeno. The city offers many interesting places to visit. More info Opening hours: open everyday form 7.00 am to 7.00 pm Phone number: +39 0575 603362 Address: Strada dei Cappuccini 1, Cortona Email: [email protected] ___________________________ ___________________________ 1.2 Piazza della Repubblica 1.1 The “Celle” Hermitage Piazza della Repubblica, or Repubblica square, is Le Celle is a Franciscan hermitage located just ve situated in the city centre of Cortona and it’s really kilometres from Cortona, at the feet of Mount close to Piazza Signorelli. In the past it used to be Sant’Egidio. The hermitage’s cells were built by St the crossroad of the two main Roman streets, the Francis and his followers in 1211 and the place Cardo and the Decumano. From the square you has taken the name of Celle ever since. This is can see Palazzo Comunale and Palazzo Passerini. believed to be the place where, in May 1226, four months before his death, St Francis dictated his Will. Currently the hermitage is inhabited by seven friars who continue to practise the preachings of St Francis. 26 Amazing Places to See in Cortona, Arezzo, Sansepolcro, Anghiari & Casentino Italy – Cappannelle.it 26 Amazing Places to See in Cortona, Arezzo, Sansepolcro, Anghiari & Casentino Italy – Cappannelle.it ___________________________ 1.4 Duomo di Cortona The church of Santa Maria Assunta, also known as the Cathedral or Duomo of Cortona, is one of the oldest churches of the city. It was built in the 4th century, on the foundations of a pagan temple. Its form was changed in the 14th century thanks to some designs attributed to Giulia da Sangallo. ___________________________ 1.3 Basilica di Santa Margherita The church is situated on top of an hill. The name of the church comes from St Margaret who spent her last years in one of the rooms of a little church, where she died in 1297. After her death a bigger church was built, Basilica di Santa Margherita. The church went through a lot of style changes during the years and for this reason it’s full of pieces of art coming from dierent historical periods. More info Address: Piazza del Duomo, 1, 52044 Cortona AR ___________________________ 1.5 MAEC The Museum of the Etruscan Academy and of the City of Cortona (MAEC) is hosted in Palazzo Casali since 2005. It combines the historical and famous Museum of the Etruscan Academy, founded in 1727, and the extraordinary museum of Cortona’s history and intellectual culture. More info Opening hours: open every day from 6.50 am to 7.30 pm Address: Piazza Santa Margherita, 52044 Cortona AR 26 Amazing Places to See in Cortona, Arezzo, Sansepolcro, Anghiari & Casentino Italy – Cappannelle.it 26 Amazing Places to See in Cortona, Arezzo, Sansepolcro, Anghiari & Casentino Italy – Cappannelle.it 2. Arezzo Arezzo is located in southeastern Tuscany, it sits atop a hill at the crossroads of four valleys: the Val Tiberina, Casentino, Valdarno and Valdichiana. More info Opening hours: From April to October open every day from 10.00 am to 7.00 pm From November to March open every day except Its ancient origins are veried by the stone tools for Mondays from 10.00 am to 5.00 pm and the so-called Man of the Elm discovered here th closed on the 25 of December and found to date back to the Paleolithic era. The city was originally founded by the Etruscans Phone number: +39 0575 630415 around the 9th century B.C., was named Aritim Address: Piazza Signorelli 9, Cortona and quickly became one of the most important cities in Tuscany, playing an important role over Email: [email protected] the centuries thanks to its strategic position. Arezzo has plenty of monuments, churches and museums that oer visitors a chance to step back into history. ___________________________ 2.1 Piazza Grande Piazza Grande, or Piazza Vasari, is the largest square in Arezzo. It hosts twice a year the famous Saracino juost and every month the beautiful Fiera Antiquaria ( antique fair). 26 Amazing Places to See in Cortona, Arezzo, Sansepolcro, Anghiari & Casentino Italy – Cappannelle.it 26 Amazing Places to See in Cortona, Arezzo, Sansepolcro, Anghiari & Casentino Italy – Cappannelle.it Madonna del Conforto is a picture of St. The square is surrounded by several important Mary which, according to Christian tradition, buildings. For example Palazzo delle Logge, made would have been subject of a miracle happened in by Giorgio Vasari and situated in the North-East Arezzo the 15th February 1796. The picture was side of the square, that has a splendid porch hanging on the wall of a basement or a tavern behind in which there are a lot of shops. while a terrible earthquake hit the city. A lot of people started praying in front of the picture. The ___________________________ picture became suddenly really bright and the earthquake came to an end. From that moment 2.2 Duomo di Arezzo the picture of Madonna del Conforto has been celebrated every 15th of February of the year. In 1993 the picture was declared patron of Arezzo by Arezzo’s Cathedral ( also called Duomo di Arezzo the Pope. or Cattedrale di Ss. Donato e Pietro) is located on the site of a pre-existing Palaeo-Christian church and is, perhaps, one of the ancient city’s acropolis. More info The late XIII century Gothic church, decorated with Opening hours: open every day from 7.00 am to splendid stained glass windows made by 12.30 pm and from 3 pm to 6.30 pm. Address: Guillaume de Marcillat, houses the beautiful Piazza Duomo, 1, 52100 Arezzo AR fresco of Santa Maria Maddalena made by Piero della Francesca (1460). ___________________________ It was the site of the Bishop of Arezzo from the 3rd century until 1986, and from 1986 onwards of the 2.3 Santa Maria della Pieve present Bishop of Arezzo-Cortona-Sansepolcro. Santa Maria della Pieve also called Pieve is a The interior has a nave and two aisles divided by Catholic church situated in Corso Italia in the city piers with ogival arches, ve spans covered by centre of Arezzo. Its structure has been started in cross vault, without transepts. The seven stained the XII century. The façade has been renewed in glass windows in the right aisles were executed in the XIII century, while the bell tower has been 1516-1524 by Guillaume de Marcillat. The wooden nished only in 1330. During the XVI, XVII, and XVIII choir of the Grand Chapel was designed by Giorgio centuries the church has been internally changed. Vasari in 1554. The Chapel of Madonna del Thanks to the many documents that had been Conforto is a Neoclassicist work, built from 1796 found, it was discovered that Giorgio Vasari and and housing several terracottas by Andrea della his wife’s remains are situated in the grave under Robbia. the church’s floor. 26 Amazing Places to See in Cortona, Arezzo, Sansepolcro, Anghiari & Casentino Italy – Cappannelle.it 26 Amazing Places to See in Cortona, Arezzo, Sansepolcro, Anghiari & Casentino Italy – Cappannelle.it More info Opening hours: From Monday to Friday Open from 9.00 am to 8.30 pm On Saturdays Open from 9.00 am to 5.30 pm On Sundays Open from 1 pm to 5.30 pm Address: Piazza S. Francesco, 1, Arezzo Phone number: +39 0575 352727 Website: www.pierodellafrancesca.it More info Opening hours: open every day from 8.00 am to ___________________________ 12.30 pm and from 3 pm to 6.30 pm Address: Corso Italia, 7, 52100 Arezzo AR 2.5 San Domenico San Domenico church is one of the most known ___________________________ churches in Arezzo. It hosts the really famous wooden Crucix made by Cimabue around 1260. 2.4 Basilica di San Francesco In January 1276 the church hosted the rst The Basilica of San Francesco is a really important Catholic Conclave in history. The church was Catholic church in Arezzo. begun in 1275 and finished in the XIV century. It is made of stone and bricks and it’s situated in San Francesco square. The interior is really spacious and it has just one aisle. On the left side there are some chapels. Inside the main one there is the famous cycle of frescos made by Piero della Francesca called “Storie della Vera Croce”. The church also hosts a big crucix made by the Master of San Francesco. More info Opening hours: From Monday to Saturday Open from 10.00 am to 1.00 pm and from 2.00 pm to 7.00 pm On Sundays Open from 10.00 am to 11.00 am and from 12.30 pm to 7 pm 26 Amazing Places to See in Cortona, Arezzo, Sansepolcro, Anghiari & Casentino Italy – Cappannelle.it 26 Amazing Places to See in Cortona, Arezzo, Sansepolcro, Anghiari & Casentino Italy – Cappannelle.it Address: Via di Sasso Verde, 59, 52010 Arezzo AR ___________________________ 2.6 Museo Diocesano dell’’Arte Sacra (MuDAS) Museo Diocesano dell’Arte Sacra (Diocesan Museum of Religious Art) was established in 1963, but it was opened to the public only in 1985. The More info museum hosts religious artworks dated from the Opening hours: XII to the XIX century that come from the churches From Monday to Saturday (closed on Tuesdays) o f Arezzo.