Arezzo

Located among the hills of eastern Tuscany and having very ancient origins, Arezzo was at the very beginning an important Etruscan city, then became a Roman one, and finally a Renaissance center at the time of the Medici who turned it into a fortified town. Piazza Grande testifies to the passage of time which has kept intact its special gentile charm: towers and medieval small palaces, the gothic Santa Maria della Pieve, and the Vasari loggia, frame the wide area where every penultimate Saturday of June and every first Sunday of September takes place the very impressive Giostra del Saracino (Tournament of the Saracen), a stunning historical costume reconstruction with very colorful parades with participants and flag wavers, with the spectacular horsemen tournament finale.

Among the itinerary we suggest you retrace the steps and works of Piero della Francesca, an artist of exquisite methaphysical paintings, who paved the way for the development of the Renaissance, between Arezzo (Basilica of San Francesco and Cathedral), Monterchi (the Madonna del Parto in the small museum) and Sanseplocro, his native town (Civic Museum and House of the Artist) and follow in the steps of San Francesco that from Assisi would journey to La Verna. In the midst of a very lush natural setting (you are in the area of the National Park of the Casentinesi Forest) you will reach Chiusi della Verna to then access Monte Sacro, the Saint's retreat, among the most natural and intense spiritual scenery.

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