Arezzo is a city of the toscany province that is located in the slope of a hill to 296 meters on the level of the sea, between the zones of the Casentino, the Valdichiana and the Valdarno. Its good geographic position has favored him in the development of activities craftswomen, like for example orfebrería, and in the one of the industry. The city has maintained its characteristic structure medieval, of great artistic and historical value atraendo a great number of tourists thanks to gorgeous works of art that conserves.
Arezzo is well-known also for being the important mother country of artists and literatos as they are Petrarca, Aretino and Vasari.
In Arezzo, Francesco is necessary to surely visit the splendid Church of S. who was initiated in second half of year 1200 by order of the Franciscanos. This church is famous by precious fresh of the “Legend of the True Cross” of Piero della Francesca, who began to make the work in 1400. Following by the seat of the church, towards “Italy Privateering” it is arrived at the “Piave I gave to S. Maria”, one of the greater expressions of the Romanesque Art, of paleocristiana construction.
Also he is interesting to visit the Archeológico Museum (near the Roman Amphitheatre of centuries III) where conserve Greek and Etruscan glasses, rest of Roman pavings, currencies and statues of great value. Outside Arezzo, you cannot be lost:
The Verna (1129 M.s), a tip covered with there are and donated firs to S.Francisco de Asís in 1213 by Conde Cattani and where, between 1216 and 1218, the franciscano sanctuary was constructed, still active and who conserves a great number of art works.
Poppi (Popium), pueblecito in the heart of the Casentino, old residence of Counts Guidi, that is characterized by the almenadas walls of the pretty castle constructed between 1274 and 1291 by Conde Guido de Simone.