The Basilica of San Francesco contains one of the masterpieces of Renaissance painting, the Bacci Chapel, with the frescoes of the Legend of the True Cross cycle, painted by Piero della Francesca between 1452 and 1466.
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According to a reliable tradition, Francesco Petrarca was born in Arezzo, at Borgo dell’Orto 28. Today the house is the seat of the prestigious Petrarca’s Academy of Letters, Arts and Sciences, with a rich library, with precious antique and incunabula editions.
To Learn more: Casa Petrarca Arezzo – Beni architettonici – Cultura – Cittadini – Regione Toscana
“A house built in Arezzo, with a suitable site to establish beautiful gardens, in San Vito area, where the air is the best of the town”.
With these words Giorgio Vasari described his house, bought in 1541, today seat of Vasari’s museum. The house of Giorgio Vasari is on three floors: the basement, the elegant apartment on the first floor and another one on the second. All around the house, there’s a garden with a centrally geometric structure. Since 1911, on the occasion of the fourth centenary of the birth of the Artist, the house is owned by the Italian State.
To Learn more: Museo di Casa Vasari – Arezzo
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