Ruins of Roman amphitheater in Arezzo
Roman
amphitheater in Arezzo - detail
S. Maria Assunta in Piazza Grande - Arezzo
Fountain
in Perugia (Cortona once had a
similar
but larger fountain in the main Piazza)
Assisi - the nearby church of Santa Maria degli Angeli was built 1569-1679 on the site where St. Francis of Assisi founded the Franciscan order; it is also the site where he died. It encloses the Oratory or Cappella della Porziuncola (11th Century) which is also where Saints Dominic and Francis met.
Assisi -
Lower basilica San Francesco (note the resting place of Jacopa dei
Settesoli -noble Roman lady who was a friend of St. Francis- in the
mezzanine as you walk down into St. Francis' tomb)
Assisi -
upper basilica San Francesco
Gigi's porchetta stand (Pza. Signorelli) on market day (Saturday) in Cortona
Olive
press in frantoio near Cortona
"Porta
bifora" aka Porta Ghibellina at the foot of
Via
Ghibellina - closed for centuries until the mid-
1990s
because the Aretine Bishop Guglielmino,
with the
assistance of two Franciscan brothers,
used it to
sack Cortona on Feb. 1, 1258
Palazzo
Comunale (Town hall) - Cortona;
built in
the 13th century
Palazzo Casali (13th century, with facade by Filippo Berretini ca 1613, now houses Museo Etrusco) - Cortona
Palazzo Passerini (mid-1200s) - Cortona
Jovanotti's
house "Villetta Fiorita" - Cortona
on Via delle Santucce
Medieval
Door of the Dead (at left)
Via Roma - Cortona
Medieval
Door of the Dead
Via
Dardano - Cortona
Courtyard
of San Agostino - Cortona
Altar in
Melone II near Sodo (VI-V century BC; most of the artifacts in the
Museo Etrusco in Cortona came from this tomb)
Cortona
ironwork (Tommasi family arms)
Cortona - Porta Montanina
Cortona -
Etruscan wall at base (with Roman
&
medieval repairs above)
Il Pallazone (at upper left; country home of Silvano Passerini; built in early 1500s and contains the last fresco by Luca Signorelli and many others by Papacello) and Le Contesse (now Oasi Neumann; oldest portions date back to early 1200s) at lower right - Cortona
Abbazia di Farneta (Farneta Abbey, founded
ca. 700 AD) - Sun. Mass at 8:00 & 11:15
