View of Arezzo.

Comune di Arezzo
Piazza Grande; from left - S. Maria della Pieve, the Tribunal Palace and the Lay Fraternity.
Municipal coat of arms
Location of Arezzo in Italy
Country	Italy
Region	Tuscany
Province	Arezzo (AR)
Elevation	296 m (971 ft)
Area	386. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Tuscany (Toscana is a region in Italy. It has an area of 22990 km² and a population of about 3 In Italy, a Province (in Italian provincia) is an administrative division of intermediate level between Municipality ( Comune Arezzo ( Provincia di Arezzo) is the easternmost province in the Tuscany region of Italy. 25 km² (149 sq mi)
Population (as of 2007)
- Total	96,494
- Density	250/km² (647/sq mi)
Time zone	CET, UTC+1
Coordinates	43°28′24″N, 11°52′12″E
Gentilic	Aretini
Dialing code	0575
Postal code	52100
Frazioni	see list
Patron	Saint Donatus of Arezzo
- Day	7 August
Website: http://www.comune.arezzo.it/

Arezzo (Latin Arretium) is an old city in central Italy, capital of the province of the same name, located in Tuscany. Central European Time ( CET) is one of the names of the Time zone that is 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. UTC+1 is used in the following locations Central European Time West Africa Time Western European Summer Time A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. A demonym or gentilic is a word that denotes the members of a People or the inhabitants of a place Here are a list of area codes in Italy. All numbers here begin with the country code (0039 A frazione, in Italy, is the name given in administrative law to a type of territorial subdivision of a Comune; for other Administrative Events 322 BC - Battle of Crannon between Athens and Macedon following the death of Alexander the Great. Latin ( lingua Latīna, laˈtiːna is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Arezzo ( Provincia di Arezzo) is the easternmost province in the Tuscany region of Italy. Tuscany (Toscana is a region in Italy. It has an area of 22990 km² and a population of about 3 Arezzo is about 80 km (50 miles) south-east of Florence, at an elevation of 296 meters above sea level. Florence ( Italian: Firenze Florentia and Fiorenza) is the Capital City of the Italian region of Tuscany In 2001 the population was about 91,600 people.

Geography

Arezzo is set on a steep hill rising from the floodplain of the 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.

History

Arezzo may have been one of the twelve most important Etruscan cities, the so-called Dodecapolis. Etruscan civilization is the modern English name given to the culture and way of life of a people of ancient Italy It was described by Livy as one of the Capitae Etruriae (chief Etruscan cities). Titus Livius (traditionally 59 BC &ndash AD 17 known as Livy in English, was a Roman historian who wrote a monumental history of Rome 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 to Florence. The bronze " Chimera of Arezzo " is one of the best known examples of the art of the Etruscans. Florence ( Italian: Firenze Florentia and Fiorenza) is the Capital City of the Italian region of Tuscany Increasing trade connections with Greece also brought some elite goods to the Etruscan nobles of Arezzo: the krater painted by Euphronios ca 510 BC with a battle against Amazons (in the Museo Civico, Arezzo 1465) is unsurpassed. For the Landform crater see Crater. A krater (in Greek: κρατήρ kratēr, from the Verb κεράννυμι Euphronios ( circa 535 - after 470 BC was an ancient Greek vase painter and potter active in Athens in the late 6th and early 5th centuries BC

Roman piece of pottery from Arezzo, Latium, found at Arikamedu in India (1st century CE), an evidence of the role of the city in Roman trade with India through Persia during the Augustan period. Latium was a region of ancient Italy, home to the original Latin people. Arikamedu is an Archaeological site near Pondicherry, Southern India, where Mortimer Wheeler conducted its best-known excavation in the 1940s India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country Roman trade with India through the overland caravan routes via Anatolia and Persia though at a relative trickle comparative to later times antedated the southern trade route via the Red The Persian Empire was a series of Iranian empires that ruled over the Iranian plateau, the original Persian homeland and beyond in Western Asia Musée Guimet. The Guimet Museum (French Musée national des Arts asiatiques-Guimet or Musée Guimet) is a museum of Asian art located at 6 place d'Iéna in the

Conquered by the Romans in 311 BC, Arretium became a military station on the via Cassia, the road to expansion by republican Rome into the basin of the Po. Ancient Rome was a Civilization that grew out of a small agricultural community founded on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 10th century BC The Via Cassia was an important Roman road striking out of the Via Flaminia near the Milvian Bridge in the immediate vicinity of Rome and passing The Po ( Latin: Padus, Po Ligurian: Bo, Greek: Eridanus) is a river that flows 652 km(405 miles (682 km by considering Arretium sided with Marius in the Roman Civil War, and the victorious Sulla planted a colony of his veterans in the half-demolished city, as Arretium Fidens ("Faithful Arretium"). List of Civil wars involving Rome. There were several Roman civil wars, especially during the time of the late Republic. Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix ( Latin: L•CORNELIVS•L•F•P•N•SVLLA•FELIX (c The old Etruscan aristocracy was not extinguished: Caius Clinius Mecaenas, whose name is eponymous with "patron of the arts", was of the noble Aretine Etruscan stock. Caius Cilnius Maecenas (70 &ndash 8 BC was a confidant and political advisor to Octavian (who was to become the first Emperor of Rome as Caesar Augustus) as well The city continued to flourish as Arretium Vetus ("Old Arretium"), the third largest city in Italy in the Augustan period, well-known in particular for its widely-exported pottery manufactures, the characteristic moulded and glazed Arretine ware , bucchero-ware of dark clay, and red-painted vases (the so-called "coral" vases). Augustus ( Latin: IMPERATOR·CAESAR·DIVI·FILIVS·AVGVSTVS September 23 63 BC – August 19 AD 14) born Gaius Octavius Thurinus, was Arretine

In the 3rd to 4th century, Arezzo became an episcopal seat: it is one of the few cities whose succession of bishops are known by name without interruption to the present day, in part because they were the feudal lords of the city in the Middle Ages. The Roman city was demolished, partly through the Gothic War and the invasion of the Lombards, partly dismantled, as elsewhere throughout Europe, and the stones reused for fortifications by the Aretines. See Gothic War (376-382 for the war on the Danube The Gothic War was a war fought in Italy and the adjoining regions of Dalmatia, Sardinia The Lombards ( Latin Langobardi, whence the alternative names Langobards and Longobards) were a Germanic people originally from Only the amphitheater remained. An amphitheatre (alternatively amphitheater) is an open-air venue for spectator sports concerts rallies or theatrical performances

The commune of Arezzo threw off the control of its bishop in 1098. Communes in Europe in the Middle Ages were sworn allegiances of mutual defense (both physical defense and of traditional freedoms among community members of a town or city Until 1384, Arezzo maintained itself as an independent city-state, generally Ghibelline in tendency, thus opposing Guelph Florence. The Guelphs and Ghibellines were factions supporting respectively the Papacy and the Holy Roman Empire in central and northern Italy The Guelphs and Ghibellines were factions supporting respectively the Papacy and the Holy Roman Empire in central and northern Italy In 1252 the city founded its university, the Studium. After the rout of the Battle of Campaldino (1289), which saw the death of Bishop Guglielmino Ubertini, the fortunes of Ghibelline Arezzo started to ebb, apart from a brief period under the Tarlati family, chief among them Guido Tarlati, who became bishop in 1312 and maintained good relations with the Ghibelline party. The Battle of Campaldino was a battle between the Guelphs and Ghibellines on June 11 1289. Guido Tarlati was the Bishop of Arezzo and the leader of that city The Tarlati sought support in an alliance with Forlì and its overlords, the Ordelaffi, but unavailingly: Arezzo yielded to Florentine domination in 1384; its individual history was submerged in that of Florence and the Medicean Grand Duchy of Tuscany. Forlì ( Latin: Forum Livii) is a Comune and city in Emilia-Romagna, Italy famed as the birthplace of the great painter Melozzo da Forlì The Ordelaffi were a family of Italian Condottieri and rulers of Forlì in the Late Middle Ages and early Renaissance. Florence ( Italian: Firenze Florentia and Fiorenza) is the Capital City of the Italian region of Tuscany The Grand Duchy of Tuscany (Granducato di Toscana Magnus Ducatus Tusciae was a state in central Italy that existed from 1569 to 1859 replacing the Duchy of Florence During this period Piero della Francesca worked in the church of San Francesco di Arezzo producing the splendid frescoes, recently restored, which are Arezzo's most famous works, but afterwards the city began an economical and cultural decay, that had the effect of preserving its medieval centre. Piero della Francesca (c 1412 &ndash October 12, 1492) was an Italian artist of the Early Renaissance.

In the 18th century the neighbouring marshes of the Val di Chiana, south of Arezzo, were drained and the region became less malarial. The 18th century lasted from 1701 to 1800 in the Gregorian calendar, in accordance with the Anno Domini / Common Era numbering system Malaria is a vector -borne Infectious disease caused by Protozoan Parasites It is widespread in tropical and subtropical regions including At the end of the century French troops led by Napoleon Bonaparte conquered Arezzo, but the city soon turned into a base of the resistance against the invaders with the "Viva Maria" movement: this gained the city the role of provincial capital. Napoleon Bonaparte (15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821 was a French military and political leader who had a significant impact on the History of Europe. The Viva Maria was one of the anti-French movements known collectively as the Sanfedisti, which arose in Italy between 1799 and 1800 In 1860 Arezzo became part of the Kingdom of Italy. There have been several distinct entities known as the Kingdom of Italy. City buildings suffered heavy damage during World War II. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including

The Vasari Loggia on Piazza Grande.

Cathedral of Arezzo.

The Communal Palace in Arezzo.

Church of San Domenico.

Santa Maria della Pieve.

Cimabue's Crucifix in the church of San Domenico.

Amphitheatre.

Main sights

Piazza Grande

The Piazza Grande is the most noteworthy medieval square in the city, opening behind the thirteenth-century Romanesque apse of S. Regional characteristics of Romanesque architecture|Romanesque art Romanesque architecture is the term that is used to describe the architecture of Middle Ages Europe which Maria della Pieve. Once the main marketplace of the city, it is currently the site of the Giostra del Saracino ("Joust of the Saracin"). It has a sloping pavement in red brick with limestone geometrical lines. Aside from the apse of the church, other landmarks of the square include:

• The Palace of the Lay Fraternity (Fraternita dei Laici): 14th-15th century palazzo, with a Gothic ground floor and a quattrocento second floor by Bernardo Rossellino. Bernardo di Matteo Gamberelli (1409 &ndash 1464 better known as Bernardo Rossellino, was an Italian sculptor and architect the elder brother of the painter
• The Vasari Loggia along the north side, a flat Mannerist façade designed by Giorgio Vasari. Mannerism is a period of European art which emerged from the later years of the Italian High Renaissance around 1520. Giorgio Vasari ( 30 July 1511 – 27 June 1574) was an Italian painter and Architect, who is today famous
• Episcopal Palace, seat of the bishops, rebuilt in the mid-13th century. The interior has frescoes by Salvi Castellucci, Teofilo Torri, and Pietro Benvenuti. Salvi Castellucci (1608 - 1672 was an Italian painter of the Baroque period active mainly in Arezzo. Pietro Benvenuti ( 8 January, 1769 — 3 February, 1844) was an Italian academic painter In front of the Palace is the Monument to Grand Duke Ferdinando I de' Medici (1595), by Pietro Francavilla, following a design of Giambologna. Ferdinando I de' Medici Grand Duke of Tuscany ( 30 July 1549 &ndash 17 February 1609) was Grand Duke of Tuscany from 1587 to 1609 Pierre Franqueville, generally called Pietro Francavilla (1548 — 25 August 1615) was a Franco-Flemish sculptor trained in Florence, who provided Giambologna, born as Jean Boulogne, also known as Giovanni Da Bologna and Giovanni Bologna ( 1529 - August 13 1608) was
• Palazzo Cofani-Brizzolari, with the Torre Faggiolana.
• Remains of the Communal Palace and the Palazzo del Popolo can also be seen.

Churches

• the Gothic Cathedral of Saint Donatus (13th-early 16th centuries). See also Gothic art Gothic architecture is a style of Architecture which flourished during the high and late medieval period. The façade remained unfinished, and was added in the twentieth century. The interior has a nave and aisles divded by massive pilasters. The left aisle has a fresco by Piero della Francesca portraying the Madeleine. Piero della Francesca (c 1412 &ndash October 12, 1492) was an Italian artist of the Early Renaissance. Noteworthy are also the medieval stained glass, the Tarlati Chapel (1334) and the Gothic tomb of Pope Gregory X. Pope
• Basilica of San Francesco (13th-14th centuries), in Tuscan-Gothic style. Of the projectd façade cover in sculpted stone only the lower band was completed. The interior has a single nave: the main attraction is the History of the True Cross fresco (1453-1464) cycle by Piero della Francesca in the Bacci Chapel. The History of the True Cross or The Legend of the True Cross is a sequence of Frescoes painted by Piero della Francesca in the Fresco (plural either frescos or frescoes) is any of several related Painting types done on Plaster on walls or Piero della Francesca (c 1412 &ndash October 12, 1492) was an Italian artist of the Early Renaissance. Under the church is another Basilica with a nave and two aisles (Basilica inferiore), today used for art exhibitions.
• Romanesque church of Santa Maria della Pieve. Regional characteristics of Romanesque architecture|Romanesque art Romanesque architecture is the term that is used to describe the architecture of Middle Ages Europe which Its most striking feature is the massive, square-planned bell tower with double orders of mullioned windows. A mullion is a structural element which divides adjacent Window units The church was built in the 12th century over a pre-existing Palaeo-Christian edifice, and renovated a century later with the addition of the characteristic façade made of loggias with small arches surmounted by all different-styled columns. Loggia is the name given to an Architectural feature originally of Italian design which is often a gallery or Corridor generally on the ground Also from the same century is the lunette with the Virgin between Two Angels and the sculptures of the months (1216) over the main portal. In architecture a lunette (French lunette "little moon" and also "glasses" is a half-moon shaped space either masonry or void the interior has a nave and two aisles, with a transept also added in the 13th century. In the following century chapels, niches and frescoes were added, including the polyptych of Virgin with Child and Saints by Pietro Lorenzetti (1320). Pietro Lorenzetti (or Pietro Laurati; c 1280 - 1348 was an Italian painter active between approximately 1306 and 1345 In the crypt is a relic bust of St. Donatus (1346). Fomr the same epoch is the exagonal baptismal font, with panels of the Histories of St. John the Baptist, by Giovanni d'Agostino. The Pieve was again renovated by Giorgio Vasari in 1560. Giorgio Vasari ( 30 July 1511 – 27 June 1574) was an Italian painter and Architect, who is today famous
• Basilica of San Domenico (founded in 1275 and completed in the early 14th century). The interior has a single nave with a Crucifix by Cimabue, a masterwork of 13th century Italian art. Cenni di Pepo (Giovanni Cimabue (c 1240 — c 1302 also known as Bencivieni di Pepo or in modern Italian Benvenuto di Giuseppe was an Italian painter and creator Other artworks include a Sts. Philip and James the Younger and St. Catherine by Spinello Aretino and other 14th century painting and sculpture decorations. Spinello Aretino (c 1350 &ndash c 1410 was an Italian painter, the son of a Florentine named Luca who had taken refuge in Arezzo in 1310 when
• church of San Michele, with a modern façade. Traces of the original Romanesque edifice and the Gothic restoration can be seen in the interior.
• Santa Maria in Gradi is a medieval church from the 11th or the 12th century, but was rebuilt in the late 16th century by Bartolomeo Ammannati. Bartolomeo Ammanati ( June 18 1511 - April 13 1592) was a Florentine Architect and sculptor. The interior has a single nave with stone altars (17th century) and a Madonna of Misericordia, terracotta by Andrea della Robbia. Andrea della Robbia ( October 24 1435 - August 4 1525) was an Italian Renaissance sculptor especially in Ceramics He was
• Church of St. Augustine, founded in 1257, modified in the late 15th and the late 18h centuries. The façade and the interior decoration are largely from Baroque times. The square plan bell tower is from the 15th century.
• Badia di SS. Flora e Lucilla (12th century). Built by Benedictine monks in the 12th century, it was totally restored in the 16th century under the direction of Giorgio Vasari. The octagonal bell tower is from 1650. The interior, in Mannerist style, has an illusionistic canvas depicting a false dome by Andrea Pozzo (1702). Andrea Pozzo (Latinized version Andreas Puteus; November 30, 1642, Trento, Italy - August 31, 1709, There are also a St. Lawrence fresco by Bartolomeo della Gatta (1476) and a Crucifix by Segna di Buonaventura (1319). Bartolomeo della Gatta (1448-1502 born Pietro di Antonio Dei, was an Italian (Florentine painter illuminator and architect
• San Lorenzo, one of the most ancient of the city, having been built before the year 1000, most likely in Palaeo-Christian times. Rebuilt in the 13th century and restored in 1538, it was totally remaed in 1705. The apse exterior is in Romanesque style.
• Santa Maria delle Grazie, a late Gothic sanctuary with a Renaissance portal by Benedetto da Maiano (1490). Benedetto da Maiano ( 1442 - May 27 1497) was an Italian sculptor of the early Renaissance. It has also a marble high altar by Andrea della Robbia including a pre-existing fresco by Parri di Spinello (1428-1431). Andrea della Robbia ( October 24 1435 - August 4 1525) was an Italian Renaissance sculptor especially in Ceramics He was The sanctuary was built over a font dedicated to Apollo, which was destroyed by San Bernardino of Siena in 1428, building an oratory in its place. Saint Bernardino of Siena (sometimes Bernardine, September 8 1380 &ndash May 20, 1444) was an Italian priest preacher The church was erected in 1435-1444 and has a chapel entitled to St. Bernardino.
• Santa Maria a Gradi (1591), a monastery existing already in 1043. It has a Baroque interior, but with an altar by a collaborator of Andrea della Robbia.
• Church of Santissima Trinità. Built in 1348, it was totalle renovated in 1723-1748 in Baroque style. It houses a 14th century Crucifix, a banner painted by Giorgio Vasari in 1572, a painting of Noli me tangere by Alessandro Allori (1584) and other artworks. Alessandro di Cristofano di Lorenzo del Bronzino Allori ( May 3, 1535 - September 22, 1607) was an Italian portrait painter
• Santa Maria Maddalena, built in 1561 over a pre-14th century structure. It houses a Madonna with Child (Madonna of the Rose) by Spinello Aretino, visiile in the high altar (c. 1525) designed by Guillaume de Marcillat. Guillaume de Marcillat (ca 1470-1529 was a French painter and Stained glass artist who was born in La Châtre about 1470 It is now private property.
• Pieve di San Paolo, in San Paolo, erected as Palaeo-Christian baptismal church, remade in the 8th-9th centuries and then rebuilt in Romanesque style in the 13th century. The bell tower is from the 14th-15th centuries. The entire church was again renovated after the 1796 earthquake. It has kept 15th entury frescoes by Lorentino d'Andrea and a cyborium. The transept entrance has granite columns with marble capitals from the 5th century AD.
• Pieve di Sant'Eugenia al Bagnoro, in Bagnoro. Documented from 1012, it was one of the most important pievi of the diocese during the Middle Ages. The presbytery area is from the 12th century, while the rest is from the 11th century. The bell tower, partially ruined, stands on one of the three apses.
• Pieve di San Donnino a Maiano, at Palazzo del Pero (6th-9th centuries). Documented from 1064, it replaced a Palaeo-Christian baptismal church. The fronal part was rebuilt in the 14th century. The apse has 15th century frescoes and a wooden Madonna with Child from the same age.

Others

• Roman amphitheatre and museum. An amphitheatre (alternatively amphitheater) is an open-air venue for spectator sports concerts rallies or theatrical performances
• Palazzo dei Priori, erected in 1333, has been the seat of the city's magistratures until today. The edifice was numerous times restored and renovated; the interior has a court from the 16th century, a stone statue portraying a Madonna with Child (1339), frescoes, busts of illustrious Aretines, two paintings by Giorgio Vasari. The square tower is from 1337.
• Medici Fortress (Fortezza Medicea), designed by Antonio da Sangallo the Younger and completed in 1538-1560. Antonio da Sangallo the Younger, born Antonio Cordiani ( April 12, 1484 - August 3, 1546) was an Italian architect active It was partly dismantled by the French in the early 19th century.
• Palazzo Camaiani-Albergotti (14th century, renovated in the 16th century), with the Torre della Bigazza.
• Palazzo Bruni-Ciocchi, Renaissance edifice attributed to Bernardo Rossellino. Bernardo di Matteo Gamberelli (1409 &ndash 1464 better known as Bernardo Rossellino, was an Italian sculptor and architect the elder brother of the painter It is seat of the State Museum of Medieval and Modern Art.
• Palazzo Pretorio, which was seat of the People's Captain until 1290. The façade has coat of armas of the captains, podestà and commissaries of the city from 14th to 18th century. Only one of the two original towers remains.
• House of Petrarch (Casa del Petrarca). Francesco Petrarca ( July 20, 1304 – July 19, 1374) known in English as Petrarch, was an Italian scholar
• Casa Vasari (in Via XX Settembre) an older house rebuilt in 1547 by Giorgio Vasari and frescoed by him; now open as a museum, it also contains sixteenth-century archives. Giorgio Vasari ( 30 July 1511 – 27 June 1574) was an Italian painter and Architect, who is today famous The main rooms were decorated by Vasari in an illusionist manner. the drawing room, where Vasare painted the life journey of an artist, with the artistic virtues protected by the gods of antiquite represented as heavenly bodies, is remarkable.
• Ivan Bruschi House and Museum (Casa-Museo "Ivan Bruschi").
• Gaio Cilnio Mecenate Archeological Museum.
• Civic Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art.
• UnoAErre Jewelry Museum

Festivals

• Arezzo is home to an annual international competition of choral singing Concorso Polifónico Guido d'Arezzo (International Guido d'Arezzo Polyphonic Contest)
• Arezzo is home to an annual medieval festival called the Saracen Joust (Giostra del Saracino). UnoAErre Italia, which is based in Arezzo, is an Italian goldsmith and jewelry company Guido of Arezzo or Guido Aretinus or Guido da Arezzo or Guido Monaco or Guido D'Arezzo (991/992&ndashafter 1033 was a music theorist The Saracen Joust of Arezzo ( Giostra del Saracino, Giostra ad burattum) is an ancient game of Chivalry. In this, "knights" on horseback representing different areas of the town charge at a wooden target attached to a carving of a Saracen king and score points according to accuracy. Virtually all the town's people dress-up in medieval costume and enthusiastically cheer on the competitors.
• Arezzo is also home to an annual popular music and culture festival, each July, called Arezzo Wave. Arezzo Wave is a famous Italian Festival that takes place every July in Arezzo since 1987. Publicly funded, it attracts bands of high repute and attendees from all over Europe and North America. It also features literary and film expositions.

In popular culture

• Arezzo has a starring role in Roberto Benigni's film Life Is Beautiful (La vita è bella, 1997). Roberto Remigio Benigni, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI (born 27 October 1952 is an Academy Award -winning Italian actor writer and director of The history of Italian cinema began just a few months after the Lumière brothers had discovered the medium when Pope Leo XIII was filmed Life Is Beautiful (Italian La vita è bella) is a 1997 Italian language film which tells the story of a Jewish Italian It is the place in which the main characters live before they are shipped off to a Nazi concentration camp. Nazism, which was a short name for National Socialism (Nationalsozialismus refers primarily to the Ideology and practices of the National Socialist German Internment is the imprisonment or confinement of people commonly in large groups without trial
• Arretium was used in the PC game Rome: Total War as the Capital of the Roman Faction of Julii. Rome Total War (often abbreviated to RTW or Rome) is a critically acclaimed Strategy game composed of both Turn-based
• Dylan and Cole Sprouse were born here in 1992.

Famous residents

See Category:People from Arezzo (city), which includes people actually born in town.

• Guido d'Arezzo, the most notable music theorist of the Middle Ages and inventor of modern music notation, was born there around the year 991. Guido of Arezzo or Guido Aretinus or Guido da Arezzo or Guido Monaco or Guido D'Arezzo (991/992&ndashafter 1033 was a music theorist This article documents the year AD 991 Events By Place Europe Battle of Maldon: The Anglo-Saxons are defeated
• Piero della Francesca, the painter, was born in the province of Arezzo and spent most of his life in the city. Piero della Francesca (c 1412 &ndash October 12, 1492) was an Italian artist of the Early Renaissance.
• Petrarch, the poet. Francesco Petrarca ( July 20, 1304 – July 19, 1374) known in English as Petrarch, was an Italian scholar
• Giorgio Vasari, the painter, architect, and biographer. Giorgio Vasari ( 30 July 1511 – 27 June 1574) was an Italian painter and Architect, who is today famous
• Francesco Redi, a 17th century physician. Francesco Redi (February 18/19 1626&ndash March 1, 1697) was an Italian Physician.
• In addition, Poggio Bracciolini and Michelangelo were born near the town. (Gian Francesco Poggio Bracciolini ( February 11, 1380 – October 30, 1459) was one of the most important Italian humanists. Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni Two biographies were published of him during his lifetime One of them by Giorgio Vasari, proposed that he was the pinnacle of all
• Negrita, a Rock, Blues, Latin Music Band .
• Daniele Bennati, cyclist. Daniele Bennati (born September 24, 1980 in Arezzo) is an Italian professional Road racing cyclist specialising in fast sprint

Sports

• Associazione Calcio Arezzo (A.C. Arezzo)
• Vasari Rugby Arezzo
• Club sommozzatori Calypso - Federazione Italiana Attività Subacquee - Sez. Associazione Calcio Arezzo is an Italian football club based in Arezzo, Tuscany. Terr. Arezzo (diving)

Frazioni

Agazzi, Antria, Badia San Veriano, Bagnoro, Battifolle, Campoluci, Campriano, Ceciliano, Chiani, Chiassa Superiore, Cincelli, Frassineto, Gaville, Giovi, Gragnone, Il Matto, Indicatore, La Pace, Le Poggiola, Meliciano, Misciano, Molinelli, Molin Nuovo, Monte Sopra Rondine, Montione, Mugliano, Olmo, Ottavo, Palazzo del Pero, Patrignone, Pieve a Ranco, Poggio Ciliegio, Policiano, Pomaio, Ponte a Chiani, Ponte alla Chiassa, Pieve a Quarto, Ponte Buriano, Poti, Pratantico, Puglia, Policiano, Quarata, Rigutino, Ripa di Olmo, Rondine, Ruscello, San Firenze, San Giuliano, San Leo, San Marco Vill'Alba, San Polo, Santa Firmina, Santa Maria alla Rassinata, Sant'Andrea a Pigli, San Zeno, Sargiano, Staggiano, Stoppe d'Arca, Torrino, Tregozzano, Venere, Vitiano. Diving off a deck into the Great South Bay of Long Islandjpg|thumb|A man dives into the Great South Bay of Long Island. A frazione, in Italy, is the name given in administrative law to a type of territorial subdivision of a Comune; for other Administrative Arezzo ( Latin Arretium) is a city in central Italy, capital of the province of the same name, located in

Twin cities

Arezzo participates in town twinning and friendship links with foreign towns.

• Bedford, United Kingdom (friendship link)
• Montenars, Italy, since 1977
• Saint-Priest, France, since 1981
• Eger, Hungary, since 1989

See also

• Gian Francesco Gamurrini, an early Etruscologist. Bedford is the County town of Bedfordshire, England. It is a large town and the administrative centre for the Bedford borough The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Montenars (Slovenian Gorjani is a Comune (municipality in the Province of Udine in the Italian region Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Eger is also the German name for the Czech town of Hungary (Magyarország 'mɔɟɔrorsaːg) officially in English the Republic of Hungary ( Magyar Köztársaság, literally Magyar (Hungarian Republic Gian Francesco Gamurrini (Monte San Savino Arezzo May 18, 1835 – Arezzo March 17, 1923) an Italian archeologist and historian

External links

• Arezzo travel guide from Wikitravel
• Official Website (Italian)
• Informations about Arezzo and province (Italian)
• Giostra del Saracino official web site
• Porta Crucifera's Knights the official site of the Porta Crucifera quartiere - Joust of the Saracen
• Bill Thayer's site including George Dennis's chapter on the Etruscan city and further links
• Arezzo Turismo Informations about Arezzo and Province (Italian)