8 Sights in Arezzo, Italy (with Map and Images)
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Welcome to your journey through the most beautiful sights in Arezzo, Italy! Whether you want to discover the city's historical treasures or experience its modern highlights, you'll find everything your heart desires here. Be inspired by our selection and plan your unforgettable adventure in Arezzo. Dive into the diversity of this fascinating city and discover everything it has to offer.
Sightseeing Tours in ArezzoActivities in Arezzo1. La Chimera
The Chimera of Arezzo is regarded as the best example of ancient Etruscan art. The British art historian David Ekserdjian described the sculpture as "one of the most arresting of all animal sculptures and the supreme masterpiece of Etruscan bronze-casting". Made entirely of bronze and measuring 78.5 cm high with a length of 129 cm, it was found alongside a small collection of other bronze statues in Arezzo, an ancient Etruscan and Roman city in Tuscany. The statue was originally part of a larger sculptural group representing a fight between a chimera and the Greek hero Bellerophon. This sculpture is likely to have been created as a votive offering to the Etruscan god Tinia and is held by the National Archaeological Museum, Florence.
2. Chiesa della Santissima Trinità
The Church of the Holy Trinity is a Catholic place of worship in the historic center of Arezzo, located along Via Garibaldi, formerly Via Sacra, in a position overlooking Piazza del Popolo. The place of worship and the annexed rooms are the headquarters of the Archconfraternity of the Misericordia of Arezzo, which is why the church is also called the church of the Misericordia.
3. Basilica di San Francesco
The Basilica of San Francesco is a late Medieval church in Arezzo, Tuscany, Italy, dedicated to St Francis of Assisi. It is especially renowned for housing in the chancel the fresco cycle Legends of the True Cross by Piero della Francesca.
4. Monte Lignano
Monte Lignano is a mountain of 835 m. above sea level near Rigutino (Arezzo) where many tourist attractions reside including the park of Lignano, equipped with raw wooden tables under trees and fireplaces with grills for cooking meat where you can have picnics or outdoor lunches, the zoo of Lignano where there are many species of animals and a refuge to refresh yourself after a nice walk or ride along the many paths of the forest.
5. Duomo di Arezzo
Arezzo Cathedral is a Roman Catholic cathedral in the city of Arezzo in Tuscany, Italy. It is located on the site of a pre-existing Palaeo-Christian church and, perhaps, of the ancient city's acropolis.
6. Casa Corneta
Polvano is a frazione of the comune of Castiglion Fiorentino, in the province of Arezzo, Italy. It is located in the north-eastern part of the Val di Chio, to the right of the Vingone stream that crosses it.
7. Alpe di Poti
The term Alpe di Poti indicates the mountain range that also includes Monte Favalto and Monte Dogana, and in particular in the common language of the inhabitants of nearby Arezzo, the mountain closest to the city, where Poti is located.
8. Vasari House Museum
The Casa Vasari is a building at 55 via XX Settembre in Arezzo, Tuscany, Italy. It was the family home of the painter, art historian and architect Giorgio Vasari. It houses a number of frescoes and since December 2014 the Italian Ministry of Culture has run it through the Polo museale della Toscana, which was renamed the Direzione regionale Musei in December 2019. It houses the Archivio Vasariano.
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