Il Borgo di Salci
The first news on Salci date back to 1243, the year chosen by Frederick II of Swabian to define the boundaries of the domains of Castel della Pieve. The marshy adjacent lands facilitated a...
Category: 6. History, Art and Culture
Arezzo Museums
State Archaeological Museum Gaio cilnio Dedicated to the Arezzo Gaius cilnio patron, an important figure of Rome at the time of Augustus from whom comes the word patronage, is housed since 1937 in the...
Arezzo
Arezzo was built in the pre-etrusca era in an area inhabited since prehistory, as demonstrated by the discovery of stone tools and the so-called “Olmo Man”, dating back to the Paleolithic, occurred near...
Città della pieve
Although there are no memories that prove it, the hill where rises Città della Pieve, was inhabited since the most remote times. Proof of this are the many finds found in the surrounding countryside...
Monteleone d’Orvieto
The first historical testimony of the communal territory of Monteleone d’Orvieto was found in 1878, when it was discovered, near the chief town, a chamber tomb containing some urns belonging to the Etruscan period;...
Museum of the Etruscan Academy of Cortona
The Casali palace, seat of the Etruscan museum of the city of Cortona, was probably built during the XIII-th century and was the residence of the family that from 1325 was the lordship of...
San Michele Arcangelo a metelliano Parish Church
The church was built on the remains of a Roman temple dedicated to Bacchus. Only a plaque has remained of this previous structure, which marked the burial place of a Roman child, now conserved...
Tuoro sul Trasimeno
In its communal territory fought the famous battle of Lake Trasimeno between the Romans and the Carthaginians led by Hannibal. The present village was formed in medieval age: not before the XIII century according...
Castiglione del Lago
The town was founded by the Etruscans and enlarged by the Romans, but in the medieval period it reached its maximum splendour, under the guidance of the corgna family. Its name derives from the...
Convento delle Celle
The Franciscan settlement was founded in 1211 by the saint himself, who returned there in 1226 before his death, and was deeply restored in 1969. The complex, built on the edge of a...
