The first cathedral of San Donato was built on proximity of Arezzo, Colle del Pionta, where San Donato martyr was buried and revered, beheaded in 363. In 1203, Pope Innocent III ordered to transfer the Cathedral within the walls of the city on the site where it is today. The construction of the Cathedral of […]
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The Basilica of St. Francis (Basilica di San Francesco in Italian) is an important Catholic Shrine of Arezzo, famous for the stories of the True Cross : Piero della Francesca’s fresco cycle in the chapel. The basilica dates from the late thirteenth century. However, it is rebuilt between 1318 and 1377 on a plan of […]
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The walls of Lucca (Le mura di Lucca or Giro delle Mura in Italian) is the largest example in Europe of walls built according to the principles of modern fortification to have survived intact in a big city. The current walls, four kilometers and 195 meters long, is the result of the last reconstruction campaign, […]
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The construction of Palazzo Pfanner (Palazzo Pfanner in Italian) dates back to 1660, by Moriconi. The Controni bought the palace in 1680 . Felix Pfanner (1818-1892), a native of brewer Hörbranz (Austria), acquired gradually the whole structure after placing from 1846, the brewery: the historic Pfanner Brewery. The palace is still owned by the Pfanner […]
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The National Museum of Villa Guinigi (Museo Nazionale di Villa Guinigi in Italian) is a museum of Lucca. The villa that houses the museum was built by Paolo Guinigi, Lord of Lucca, around 1413. The villa has a single elongated body, with airy loggias with arches supported by columns. The collections of the National Museum […]
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