Arezzo

Piazza Grande; from left - S. Maria della Pieve, the onetime Tribunal Palace in addition to the Lay Fraternity.

Arezzo is a metropolis in addition to comune inward Central Italy, upper-case missive of the alphabet of the tell of the same name, located inward Tuscany. Arezzo is close fourscore km southeast of Florence, at an elevation of 296 m to a higher house bounding main level. In 2014 the population was close 100,000.

Roman slice of pottery from Arezzo, Latium, constitute at Arikamedu inward India (1st century CE), an show of the utilisation of the metropolis inward Roman merchandise amongst India through Persia during the Augustan period. Musée Guimet

Main sights
Piazza GrandeThe Piazza Grande is the most noteworthy medieval foursquare inward the city, opening behind the 13th century Romanesque apse of Santa Maria della Pieve. Once the principal marketplace of the city, it is currently the site of the Giostra del Saracino ("Joust of the Saracen"). It has a sloping pavement inward cherry-red brick amongst limestone geometrical lines. Aside from the apse of the church, other landmarks of the foursquare include:
 Piazza Grande.

l   The Palace of the Lay Fraternity (Fraternita dei Laici): 14th-15th century palazzo, amongst a Gothic basis flooring in addition to a quattrocento instant flooring yesteryear Bernardo Rossellino.
l   The Vasari Loggia along the northward side, a apartment Mannerist façade designed yesteryear Giorgio Vasari.
l   Episcopal Palace, topographic point of the bishops, rebuilt inward the mid-13th century. The interior has frescoes yesteryear Salvi Castellucci, Teofilo Torri, in addition to Pietro Benvenuti. In front end of the Palace is the Monument to Grand Duke Ferdinando I de' Medici (1595), yesteryear Pietro Francavilla, next a pattern of Giambologna.
l   Palazzo Cofani-Brizzolari, amongst the Torre Faggiolana.
l   Remains of the Communal Palace in addition to the Palazzo del Popolo tin sack besides live seen.
City wall.
Churches
l   Romanesque church building of Santa Maria della Pieve. Its most striking characteristic is the massive, square-planned bell tower amongst double orders of mullioned windows. The church building was built inward the twelfth century over a pre-existing Palaeo-Christian edifice, in addition to renovated a century subsequently amongst the add-on of the characteristic façade made of loggias amongst pocket-size arches surmounted yesteryear all different-styled columns. Also from the same century is the lunette amongst the Virgin betwixt Two Angels in addition to the sculptures of the months (1216) over the principal portal. the interior has a nave in addition to 2 aisles, amongst a transept besides added inward the 13th century. In the next century chapels, niches in addition to frescoes were added, including the polyptych of Virgin amongst Child in addition to Saints yesteryear Pietro Lorenzetti (1320). In the crypt is a relic bust of St. Donatus (1346). From the same epoch is the hexagonal baptismal font, amongst panels of the Histories of St. John the Baptist, yesteryear Giovanni d'Agostino. The Pieve was 1 time to a greater extent than renovated yesteryear Giorgio Vasari inward 1560.
l   the Gothic Cathedral of Saint Donatus (13th-early 16th centuries). The façade remained unfinished, in addition to was added inward the 20th century. The interior has a nave in addition to aisles divided yesteryear massive pilasters. The left aisle has a fresco yesteryear Piero della Francesca portraying the Madeleine. Noteworthy are besides the medieval stained glass, the Tarlati Chapel (1334) in addition to the Gothic tomb of Pope Gregory X.
The Vasari Loggia on Piazza Grande

l   Basilica of San Francesco (13th-14th centuries), inward Tuscan-Gothic style. Of the projectd façade encompass inward sculpted stone solely the lower band was completed. The interior has a unmarried nave: the principal attraction is the History of the True Cross fresco (1453–1464) cycle yesteryear Piero della Francesca inward the Bacci Chapel. Under the church building is approximately other Basilica amongst a nave in addition to 2 aisles (Basilica inferiore), today used for fine art exhibitions.
l   Basilica of San Domenico (founded inward 1275 in addition to completed inward the early on 14th century). The interior has a unmarried nave amongst a Crucifix yesteryear Cimabue, a masterwork of 13th century Italian art. Other artworks include a Sts. Philip in addition to James the Younger in addition to St. Catherine yesteryear Spinello Aretino in addition to other 14th century paradigm in addition to sculpture decorations.
Cathedral of Arezzo.

l   church of San Michele, amongst a modern façade. Traces of the original Romanesque edifice in addition to the Gothic restoration tin sack live seen inward the interior.
l   Santa Maria inward Gradi is a medieval church building from the 11th or the twelfth century, merely was rebuilt inward the belatedly 16th century yesteryear Bartolomeo Ammannati. The interior has a unmarried nave amongst stone altars (17th century) in addition to a Madonna of Misericordia, terra cotta yesteryear Andrea della Robbia.
l   Church of St. Augustine, founded inward 1257, modified inward the belatedly 15th in addition to the belatedly 18h centuries. The façade in addition to the interior ornament are largely from Baroque times. The foursquare programme bell tower is from the 15th century.
l   Badia di SS. Flora e Lucilla (12th century). Built yesteryear Benedictine monks inward the twelfth century, it was totally restored inward the 16th century nether the direction of Giorgio Vasari. The octagonal bell tower is from 1650. The interior, inward Mannerist style, has an illusionistic canvass depicting a faux dome yesteryear Andrea Pozzo (1702). There are besides a St. Lawrence fresco yesteryear Bartolomeo della Gatta (1476) in addition to a Crucifix yesteryear Segna di Buonaventura (1319).
The Communal Palace inward Arezzo.

l   San Lorenzo, 1 of the most ancient of the city, having been built earlier the twelvemonth 1000, most probable inward Palaeo-Christian times. Rebuilt inward the 13th century in addition to restored inward 1538, it was totally rebuilt inward 1705. The apse outside is inward Romanesque style.
l   Santa Maria delle Grazie, a belatedly Gothic sanctuary amongst a Renaissance portal yesteryear Benedetto da Maiano (1490). It has besides a marble high altar yesteryear Andrea della Robbia including a pre-existing fresco yesteryear Parri di Spinello (1428–1431). The sanctuary was built over a font dedicated to Apollo, which was destroyed yesteryear San Bernardino of Siena inward 1428, edifice an oratory inward its place. The church building was erected inward 1435–1444 in addition to has a chapel entitled to St. Bernardino.
l   Santa Maria a Gradi (1591), a monastery existing already inward 1043. It has a Baroque interior, merely amongst an altar yesteryear a collaborator of Andrea della Robbia.
l   Church of Santissima Trinità. Built inward 1348, it was totalle renovated inward 1723–1748 inward Baroque style. It houses a 14th century Crucifix, a banner painted yesteryear Giorgio Vasari inward 1572, a paradigm of Noli me tangere yesteryear Alessandro Allori (1584) in addition to other artworks.
Church of San Domenico.

l   Santa Maria Maddalena, built inward 1561 over a pre-14th century structure. It houses a Madonna amongst Child (Madonna of the Rose) yesteryear Spinello Aretino, visible inward the high altar (c. 1525) designed yesteryear Guillaume de Marcillat. It is directly individual property.
l   Pieve di San Paolo, inward San Paolo, erected equally Palaeo-Christian baptismal church, rebuilt inward the 8th-9th centuries in addition to and then rebuilt inward Romanesque vogue inward the 13th century. The bell tower is from the 14th-15th centuries. The entire church building was 1 time to a greater extent than renovated after the 1796 earthquake. It has kept 15th-century frescoes yesteryear Lorentino d'Andrea in addition to a cyborium. The transept entrance has granite columns amongst marble capitals from the fifth century AD.
l   Pieve di Sant'Eugenia al Bagnoro, inward Bagnoro. Documented from 1012, it was 1 of the most of import pievi of the diocese during the Middle Ages. The presbytery expanse is from the twelfth century, spell the residue is from the 11th century. The bell tower, partially ruined, stands on 1 of the 3 apses.
l   Pieve di San Donnino a Maiano, at Palazzo del Pero (6th-9th centuries). Documented from 1064, it replaced a Palaeo-Christian baptismal church. The fronal business office was rebuilt inward the 14th century. The apse has 15th century frescoes in addition to a wooden Madonna amongst Child from the same age.
Santa Maria della Pieve.

Others
l   Roman amphitheatre in addition to museum.
l   Palazzo dei Priori, erected inward 1333, has been the topographic point of the city's magistratures until today. The edifice was numerous times restored in addition to renovated; the interior has a courtroom from the 16th century, a stone statue portraying a Madonna amongst Child (1339), frescoes, busts of illustrious Aretines, 2 paintings yesteryear Giorgio Vasari. The foursquare tower is from 1337.
l   Medici Fortress (Fortezza Medicea), designed yesteryear Antonio da Sangallo the Younger in addition to completed inward 1538–1560. It was partly dismantled yesteryear the French inward the early on 19th century.
l   Palazzo Camaiani-Albergotti (14th century, renovated inward the 16th century), amongst the Torre della Bigazza.
l   Palazzo Bruni-Ciocchi, Renaissance edifice attributed to Bernardo Rossellino. It is topographic point of the State Museum of Medieval in addition to Modern Art.
Cimabue's Crucifix inward the church building of San Domenico, 1265/1268.

l   Palazzo Pretorio, which was topographic point of the People's Captain until 1290. The façade has coat of armas of the captains, podestà in addition to commissaries of the metropolis from 14th to 18th century. Only 1 of the 2 original towers remains.
l   House of Petrarch (Casa del Petrarca).
l   Casa Vasari (in Via XX Settembre) an older solid rebuilt inward 1547 yesteryear Giorgio Vasari in addition to frescoed yesteryear him; directly opened upward equally a museum, it besides contains 16th-century archives. The principal rooms were decorated yesteryear Vasari inward an illusionist manner. the drawing room, where Vasare painted the life journeying of an artist, amongst the artistic virtues protected yesteryear the gods of antiquite represented equally heavenly bodies, is remarkable.
l   Ivan Bruschi House in addition to Museum (Casa-Museo "Ivan Bruschi").
l   Gaio Cilnio Mecenate Archeological Museum.
l   Civic Museum of Modern in addition to Contemporary Art.
l   UnoAErre Jewelry Museum
Amphitheatre.
Festivals
l   Arezzo is habitation to an annual international contest of choral singing Concorso Polifónico Guido d'Arezzo (International Guido d'Arezzo Polyphonic Contest)
l   Arezzo is habitation to an annual medieval festival called the Saracen Joust (Giostra del Saracino). In this, "knights" on horseback representing dissimilar areas of the town accuse at a wooden target attached to a carving of a Saracen manful someone monarch in addition to score points according to accuracy. Virtually all the town's people dress-up inward medieval costume in addition to enthusiastically cheer on the competitors.
l   From 1986 to 2006 Arezzo was besides habitation to an annual pop music in addition to civilization festival, each July, called Arezzo Wave. Publicly funded, it attracts bands of high repute in addition to attendees from all over Europe in addition to North America. It besides features literary in addition to celluloid expositions. In 2007 it was replaced yesteryear PLAY Arezzo Art Festival, nevertheless close stone music. Some creative someone invited inward 2007 in addition to 2008 are: Negrita,Peter Gabriel, Lou Reed, Joan Baez, Ben Harper, Goran Bregovic, Carmen Consoli, Max Gazzè, Peter Brook.

In pop culture
l   Arezzo has a starring utilisation inward Roberto Benigni's celluloid Life Is Beautiful (La vita è bella, 1997). It is the house inward which the principal characters alive earlier they are shipped off to a Nazi concentration camp.
l   Arretium was used inward the PC game Rome: Total War equally the Capital of the Roman Faction of Julii.
l   Dylan in addition to Cole Sprouse were born hither inward 1992.

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