Communes of the Province of Arezzo - Arezzo, Cortona, Castiglion Fiorentino, Montevarchi, Foiano Della Chiana, Stia, Poppi, Lucignano, Sestino, Terranu (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 23. Chapters: Arezzo, Cortona, Castiglion Fiorentino, Montevarchi, Foiano della Chiana, Stia, Poppi, Lucignano, Sestino, Terranuova Bracciolini, Civitella in Val di Chiana, Chiusi della Verna, Loro Ciuffenna, Monterchi, Castel San Niccolo, Castelfranco di Sopra, Cavriglia, Ortignano Raggiolo, Pergine Valdarno, Marciano della Chiana, Pratovecchio, Laterina, Sansepolcro, Capolona, Montemignaio, Chitignano, Bibbiena, San Giovanni Valdarno, Monte San Savino, Caprese Michelangelo, Anghiari, Castel Focognano, Pieve Santo Stefano, Bucine, Pian di Sco, Castiglion Fibocchi, Badia Tedalda, Subbiano, Talla. Excerpt: Arezzo .) is a city and comune in Central Italy, capital of the province of the same name, located in Tuscany. Arezzo is about 80 km southeast of Florence, at an elevation of 296 m above sea level. In 2009 the population was 99,346 people. Arezzo is set on a steep hill rising from the floodplain of the River Arno. In the upper part of the town are the cathedral, the town hall and the Medici Fortress (Fortezza Medicea), from which the main streets branch off towards the lower part as far as the gates. The upper part of the town maintains its medieval appearance despite the addition of later structures. Described by Livy as one of the Capitae Etruriae (Etruscan capitals), Arezzo is believed to have been one of the twelve most important Etruscan cities-the so-called Dodecapolis. Etruscan remains establish that the acropolis of San Cornelio, a small hill next to that of San Donatus, was occupied and fortified in the Etruscan period. There is other significant Etruscan evidence: parts of walls, an Etruscan necropolis on Poggio del Sole (still named "Hill of the Sun"), and most famously, the two bronzes, the "Chimera of Arezzo" (5th century BC) and the "Minerva" (4th century BC) which were discovered in the 16th century and taken...