Holiday in Arezzo: useful guide for your unforgettable holiday in Arezzo
Guide to Arezzo, charming medieval village located in the heart of Val di Chiana. Read on and discover our useful guide to Arezzo and plan your holiday in Arezzo with Toscana Pocket!
Holiday in Arezzo: enjoy its splendid old town surrounded by medieval fortified walls, which once used to represent the outline of a vessel. Perched on a picturesque hill, Arezzo is located at the crossroads among Val di Chiana, Cosentino and Valdarno, wonderful valleys enlightened by the Mediterranean sun and featuring a lush vegetation. But Arezzo is also an important industrial and commercial centre dedicated to the traditional goldsmith’s art.
Arezzo is the ideal holiday destination for those who appreciate art and culture thanks to its superb monuments and buildings. Enjoy Pietro della Francesca’s wonderful frescoes and stunning Piazza Grande. Start your visit of Arezzo from Piazza San Francesco and discover its wonderful old town perched on the top of a hill dominated by a fortress. Go for a stroll in the narrow winding streets and picturesque little squares of the old town and enjoy Arezzo’s timeless medieval charm.
Holiday in Arezzo: guide to its splendid monuments:
• Piazza San Francesco (Saint Francis Square)
• Pieve di Santa Maria (Saint Mary della Pieve Church)
• Piazza Grande
• Palazzo pretorio (Praetorian Palace)
• Casa del Petrarca (Petrarca’s House)
• Fortezza medicea (Medici family fortress)
• Duomo (Cathedral)
• Museo diocesano (Diocesan Museum)
• Palazzo comunale (Town Hall)
• San Domenico (Saint Domenico Church)
• Casa di Giorgio Vasari (Giorgio Vasari’s House)
• Santa Maria in Gradi (Santa Maria in Gradi Church)
• Museo statale di Arte medievale e moderna (National Museum of Medieval and Modern Art)
• Santissima Annunziata (Holy Announciation Church)
• Badia (Arezzo’s Abbey)
• Museo archeologico Mecenate (Mecenate Archaeological Museum)
• Santa Maria delle Grazie( Santa Maria delle Grazie Church)
Arezzo is world-wide famous for its ancient goldsmith’s art tradition dating back to the Etruscan culture. Arezzo goldsmiths mastery is celebrated at the annual International Gold, Silver and Jewellery Trade Exhibition, held in Arezzo in April but you can admire craftsmen’s works of art in the numerous workshops all along the narrow streets of the town centre.
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