Other sights in Eastern Tuscany
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Roman Amphitheatre
Adjoining the Museo Archeologico, this once seated up to 10,000 spectators. Inside, there's a sizable collection of Etruscan and Roman artefacts, including locally produced ceramics and bronzes. Among the highlights is the Cratere di Euphronios, a large 6th-century-BC Etruscan vase, decorated with vivid scenes showing Hercules in battle, and, upstairs, an exquisite tiny portrait of a bearded man executed on glass in the 3rd century AD.
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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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Chiesa di San Francesco
Gracing the apse of this 14th-century church is one of the greatest works of Italian art, Piero della Francesca’s fresco cycle of the Legend of the True Cross (1452–66). This masterpiece relates in 10 episodes a highly coloured subsequent history of the cross on which Christ was crucified.
You can get some sense of the frescoes from beyond the cordon in front of the altar, but to really appreciate them up close, plan ahead for a visit with audioguide. As only 25 people are allowed in every half-hour, it’s essential to prebook by phone or at any of the sites that participate in the combined ticket scheme. The ticket office is at Piazza San Francesco 4, to the right of…
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Fortezza Medicea
Up high to the southeast of the cathedral, across the peaceful gardens of the Passeggio del Prato, rears the Fortezza Medicea, completed in 1560 and offering grand views of the town and surrounding countryside.
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Museo dell’Accademia Etrusca
Inside the 13th-century Palazzo Casali is the Museo dell’Accademia Etrusca, which displays substantial local Etruscan finds, including an elaborate 2nd-century-BC oil lamp.
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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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