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AREZZO
Close to the Cathedral, we
can also see the Communal Building, that it the old Palace
of the Priori, dating back to 1333, with a powerful, adjacent
Tower from 1337. From here, going down towards vai Cesalpino,
we come to the Church f S. Francesco, a Gothic construction,
which in its interior, houses one of the masterpieces of the
history of Italian painting: the Cycle of Frescoes by Pieor
della Francesca, which tells the story of the Legend of the
Cross, carried out between 1453 and 1464.
The other main road of Arezzo is the Corso Italia, which in
the higher part, preserves its medieval aspect and allows
entry to the Pieve di S. Maria, the most beautiful medieval
church of Arezzo, and one of the best Roman examples in Tuscany.
The apse side of the church (a noteworthy example of logge
architecture) stretches out into the Piazza Grande (G. Vasari
Square): a huge, irregular square, surrounded by porches and
lined with houses and mansions from both the Medieval and
Renaissance eras, which belonged to the Bourgeois and Nobility.
Arezzo is a typical Italian City, which you can mainly explore
by keeping to its narrow streets and exiting from its canonical
routes; because they offer characteristic glimpses and above
all, because their appearance has remained unchanged. Like
this, we can also find other interesting places to visit:
the via Garibaldi, with its semi-circular course, which surrounded
the old nucleus of the City, the Medieval Church dedicated
to S. Domenico, and which houses the beautiful painted Crucifix,
work of Cimabue (1260/65), the Archaeological Mecenate Museum
(Etruscan and Roman Exhibitions) and the Gallery and Museum
of Medieval and Modern periods, (Tuscan works from the 13th-19th
Centuries).
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