Arezzo -Tuscany, birthplace of Francesco Petrarca, art, tourism, history, culture

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Arial"><small>     </small></font></td> <td width="6%"> </td> </tr> </table> </center></div><div align="center"><center> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="3" width="100%"> <tr> <td rowspan="3" align="left" valign="top"><p ALIGN="left"><font face="Century Gothic, Helvetica, Verdana, Arial" size="3">Archeological remains are evidence of the existence of Arezzo since VI cent. The town kept being important in Roman times. In the first Imperial time its ceramics in red coral with decorations in relief was famous and copied all over the Empire. It was as famous as nowadays for its goldsmith's that make of Arezzo one of the richest cities in Italy. Of its classic history the Archeological Museum gives many examples: the most important piece is the Euphronios of 500 B.C.</font></p> <p ALIGN="left"><font face="Century Gothic, Helvetica, Verdana, Arial" size="3">Rich and intense was its life in the Middle Age: the battle against Florence in Campaldino in 1289 is described by Dante Alighieri. The surroundings are rich of traces of the Florentine poet. In 1384 Arezzo was almost sold to Florence and from that time its history was as a Florentine republic first, Signoria and Granducato di Toscana later. The Medici Family have left their trace in the '500 fortress in the north of the town. </font></p> <p ALIGN="left"><font face="Century Gothic, Helvetica, Verdana, Arial" size="3">In the centre if you walk along the Corso or the Medioeval streets that go to San Donato Church, you get the feeling of being part of a fresco of Piero Della Francesca's "The legend of the real cross", in San Francesco. In the background of the "Finding of the three crosses", Gerusalem has the features of Arezzo in '400. Of the Romanic period it's very important the Pieve di Santa Maria (XII-XIII cent.) that contains a polyptic by Pietro Lorenzetti. In San Domenico Church there is another exceptional piece, the Crucifix of Cimabue.</font></p> <p ALIGN="left"><font face="Century Gothic, Helvetica, Verdana, Arial" size="3">In this town Francesco Petrarca was born, and some centuries later, Giorgio Vasari.</font></p> <p ALIGN="left"><font face="Century Gothic, Helvetica, Verdana, Arial" size="3">In Arezzo every year the "Giostra Del Saracino "takes place. With a lance, some knights attact the wooden figure of the "buratto" that ,in turn, can attack the knight and the horse with a weapon he holds in its right hand. </font></td> <td width="1" rowspan="3" bgcolor="#669999"><p align="center"><img src="../../Ubicazione/ImmaginiUbicazione/un_pixel_gv.GIF" alt="un_pixel_gv.GIF (807 byte)" WIDTH="1" HEIGHT="1"></td> <td width="175"><p align="right"><font face="Century Gothic, Helvetica, Verdana, Arial"><small><small>Piero Della Francesca "descovery of the cross" particular of the landscape of Arezzo</small></small><br> <small><small>(San Francesco Church)</small></small></font></td> <td width="10" rowspan="2"></td> <td width="175"><img src="../../Ubicazione/ImmaginiUbicazione/Piero_della_Francesca_Scoperta_della_Croce_particolare.JPG" alt="Piero della Francesca "Scoperta della Croce" (particolare).JPG (19890 byte)" WIDTH="175" HEIGHT="231"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="175"><img src="../../Ubicazione/ImmaginiUbicazione/Arezzo_Santa_Maria_della_Pieve.JPG" alt="Arezzo Santa Maria della Pieve.JPG (16300 byte)" WIDTH="174" HEIGHT="244"></td> <td width="175"><font face="Century Gothic, Helvetica, Verdana, Arial"><small><small>Santa Maria Della Pieve:</small></small><br> <small><small>front and belltower (XII-XIII cent)</small></small></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="175"><p align="right"><small><small><font face="Century Gothic, Helvetica, Verdana, Arial">Attic crater with red figures with Ercole against the Amazons Euphronios (500 a. C.) archeological museum.</font></small></small></td> <td width="10"></td> <td width="175"><img src="../../Ubicazione/ImmaginiUbicazione/Arezzo_Cratere_attico_1.gif" alt="Arezzo Cratere attico.JPG (15007 byte)" WIDTH="175" HEIGHT="212"></td> </tr> </table> </center></div> <p> </p> <div align="center"><center> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="5" width="100%"> <tr> <td><p align="left"><a name="distanza"></a><img src="../../Ubicazione/ImmaginiUbicazione/automobile.GIF" alt="auto (1820 byte)" WIDTH="62" HEIGHT="42"></td> <td><small><font face="Century Gothic, Helvetica, Verdana, Arial">Distance from the Alta Valle Del Metauro <strong>73 km</strong> and <strong>66 min</strong>. by car.</font></small></td> </tr> </table> </center></div> <p><font face="Century Gothic, Helvetica, Verdana, Arial"><small>For more information we suggest other sites about Arezzo, the webs will be linked inside new windows. This one, in www. 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