Featured Excursions in Italy
Arezzo
It is one of the oldest cities in Tuscany and stands where the four valleys of the province meet: the Val di Chiana, Valdarno, Valtiberina and Casentino. Thanks to its geographical position it has been a point of encounter for different civilizations and cultures. The city is of Etruscan origin and was then a small Roman fortress, commerce flourished here in Medieval times and artistic production in the Renaissance period. The town conserves important examples from all these periods in its churches and monuments and in the objects housed in its museums. Amongst the most important works are the Romanesque Pieve with its tower with a hundred holes, the cathedral with its stained glass windows by Guglielmo di Marcillat, the basilica of San Francesco with its precious works by Piero della Francesca, the Gothic church of San Domenico with its crucifix by Cimabue. The splendid setting of Piazza Grande dominated by Vasari’s loggia hosts the “Saracen Joust” twice a year and the Antique Fair on the first weekend of every month which spreads through the nearby streets and where one can buy antique furniture and accessories.
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