Things to do in Arezzo
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Crispi's
This is a restaurant that, from 22:30, converts into a pub, where you can have an evening tipple among a primarily young crowd.
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Centro di Accoglienza Turistico
Their 'Room 180' shows a 30-minute film about Arezzo in six languages on a 180-degree, wrap-around screen.
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Piazza Sant'Agostino's market
A veritable produce melee erupts at Piazza Sant'Agostino's market each Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.
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Piazza Grande
This lopsided and steeply sloping piazza is located behind the pieve and is overlooked at its upper end by the porticos of the Palazzo delle Logge Vasariane, completed in 1573. The church-like Palazzo della Fraternità dei Laici in the northwest corner was started in 1375 in the Gothic style and finished after the onset of the Renaissance. In addition to being the venue for the Giostra del Saracino, the piazza is the venue for Arezzo's famous antiques fair, which has been operating since 1968 and is one of the largest in Italy.
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La Bottega di Gnicche
There's a delectable array of artisan meats and cheeses to choose from when you order a panini imbottiti (roll filled with meat and cheese) at this wonderful alimentari (grocery store) on Arezzo's main piazza. Eat on the tiny front terrace, or perch on a stool inside.
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Il Goccino
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Da Mengrello
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Caffè dei Costanti
Arezzo's oldest and most atmos-pheric cafe is located directly opposite the Chiesa di San Francesco, so it's a perfect coffee stop before or after a visit to the Cappella Bacci. The coffee is excellent, as are the home-baked pastries.
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Antica Osteria Agania
There are no surprises on the menu here, just simple food offered at good prices. Kick off with an antipasto misto della casa (mixed house antipasto plate) and then take your pick from the robust pastas, soups and mains on offer.
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Walking Tours
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Toscana Twist
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Cattedrale di San Donato
Though construction started in the 13th century, Arezzo's duomo (cathedral) wasn't completed until well into the 15th century. In the northeast corner, to the left of the bulky, intricately carved main altar, there's an exquisite fresco of Mary Magdalene (c 1460) by Piero della Francesca. This is dwarfed in size – but definitely not in beauty – by the multi-tiered marble reliefs of the adjoining tomb of Bishop Guido Tarlati, who died in 1327. The tomb features a frieze of priests and an acolyte chanting while holding a censer, a prayer book and candles.
Behind the southeast of the cathedral, across the peaceful gardens of the Passeggio del Prato, rears the Fortezza…
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Cappella Bacci
Gracing the apse of the 14th-century Chiesa di San Francesco is one of the greatest works of Italian art, Piero della Francesca's fresco cycle of the Legend of the True Cross. Painted between 1452 and 1466, it relates in 10 episodes the story of the cross on which Christ was crucified. It was named in honour of the wealthy family that commissioned it.
The illustration of this medieval legend, as entertaining as it is inconceivable, begins in the top right-hand corner and follows the story of the tree that Seth plants on the grave of his father, Adam, and from which, eventually, the True Cross is made. A scene on the opposite wall shows the long-lost cross being…
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Cathedral
Arezzo’s cathedral was started in the 13th century yet was not completed until well into the 15th century. In the northeast corner, left of the main altar, an exquisite fresco of Mary Magdalene by Piero della Francesca is dwarfed in size, but not beauty, by the rich marble reliefs of the tomb of Bishop Guido Tarlati.
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