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Places to see in ( Cortona - Italy )
Places to see in ( Cortona - Italy )
Cortona is a town and comune in the province of Arezzo, in Tuscany, Italy. Cortona is the main cultural and artistic center of the Val di Chiana after Arezzo. Cortona may be accessed by rail: the closest station is Camucia-Cortona, 3 kilometres (1.9 miles) away. There are direct trains from Florence, Rome, and Foligno (via Perugia).
The foundation of Cortona remains mixed in legends dating to classical times. These were later reworked especially in the late Renaissance period under Cosimo I de' Medici. The 17th-century Guide of Giacomo Lauro, reworked from writings of Annio da Viterbo, states that 108 years after the Great Flood, Noah entered the Valdichiana via the Tiber and Paglia rivers. He preferred this place better than anywhere else in Italy, because it was so fertile, and dwelt there for thirty years. One of Noah's descendants was Crano, his son who came to the hilltop and, liking the high position, the fine countryside and the calm air, built the city of Cortona on it in 273 years after the Great Flood.
The prevailing character of Cortona’s architecture is medieval with steep narrow streets situated on a hillside at an elevation of 600 metres (2,000 ft) that embraces a view of the whole of the Valdichiana. From the Piazza Garibaldi (still referred to by the local population by its older name, Piazza Carbonaia) is a fine prospect of Lake Trasimeno, scene of Hannibal's ambush of the Roman army in 217 BC (Battle of Lake Trasimene). Parts of the Etruscan city wall can still be seen today as the basis of the present wall. The main street, via Nazionale, is the only street in the town with no gradient, and is still usually referred to by locals by its older name of Ruga Piana.
Inside the Palazzo Casali is the Museo dell'Accademia Etrusca, displaying items from Etruscan, Roman, and Egyptian civilizations, as well as art and artefacts from the Medieval and Renaissance eras. The distinguished Etruscan Academy Museum had its foundation in 1727 with the collections and library of Onofrio Baldelli. Among its most famous ancient artefacts is the bronze lampadario or Etruscan hanging lamp, found at Fratta near Cortona in 1840 and then acquired by the Academy for the large sum of 1600 Florentine scudi. Its iconography includes (under the 16 burners) alternating figures of Silenus playing panpipes or double flutes, and of sirens or harpies. Within zones representing waves, dolphins and fiercer sea-creatures is a gorgon-like face with protruding tongue. Between each burner is a modelled horned head of Achelous. It is supposed that the lampadario derived from some important north Etruscan religious shrine of around the second half of the 4th century BC. A later (2nd century BC) inscription shows it was rededicated for votive purposes (tinscvil) by the Musni family at that time.
Alot to see in ( Cortona - Italy ) such as :
Diocesan Museum
Cortona Cathedral
Museo dell'Accademia Etrusca e città di Cortona
Church of San Francesco, Cortona
Santa Margherita, Cortona
Piazza della Repubblica
Fortezza Medicea di Girifalco
Molesini
Porta Bifora
Porta Sant'Agostino
Porta Colonia
Porta Berarda
Porta Montanina
Porta Santa Margherita
Audit Artea
Galleria Etrusca
Cathedral (Duomo) of Cortona (Santa Maria)
Basilica of Santa Margherita
Guzzetti Chapel
Spirito Santo
San Benedetto
San Cristoforo
San Domenico
San Filippo Neri
San Francesco
San Marco
San Niccolò
Santa Chiara
(Former) church of the Gesù
Abbey of Farneta
Franciscan Convent de Le Celle
San Donnino (or, Madonna della Croce)
Pieve di San Michele Arcangelo at Metelliano
Sanctuary of the Madonna del Bagno
San Biagio at Pierle
San Marco Evangelista
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Cortona (Arezzo) - Tuscany - Prestigious Great Estate
This imposing rustic style villa has been renovated in 2002 using the highest quality materials. Covering a surface of approximately 500 sqm. The ground floor offers a large living room with arches and a loft with a studio and a library, a dining room, a kitchen with access onto the patio, two bathrooms, laundry room, storage, utility room, cloakroom and technical room. To the first floor there are three double bedrooms with bathroom en suite an two single bedrooms, bathroom. The outside includes 1,5 hectares of land with a well maintained garden, a 14x7 metres swimming pool, a dressing room, a barbecue. Air conditioning in all bedrooms. Alarm system. An outstanding opportunity to acquire one of the most interesting properties near Cortona.
Price: 3,500,000 €
Features
Surface: sq.m. 500
Condition: Restored
Rooms: 10
Pool
Heating: Independent
Classe Energetica: G
A pochi chilometri da Cortona, magnifico casale di circa 500 mq. ristrutturato nel 2002. Il corpo principale si presenta al piano terra con un ampio salone con archi e un bellissimo soppalco sul quale sono stati ricavati uno studio e una libreria, una sala da pranzo, una cucina con patio, due bagni, lavanderia, ripostiglio, magazzino e locale tecnico; al piano primo troviamo tre camere doppie con bagno, due camerette e bagno. La proprietà comprende 1,5 Ha. di terreno con uno splendido giardino e piscina di 14x7 metri rivestita in travertino rosa, spogliatoio, angolo barbecue. Rifiniture e materiali della migliore qualità. Aria condizionata nelle camere. Sistema di allarme collegato con quattro numeri di telefono. Riscaldamento a gasolio.
Prezzo: 3.500.000 €
Caratteristiche
Superficie: mq. 500
Condizioni: Ristrutturato
Vani: 10
Piscina
Riscaldamento: Autonomo
Classe Energetica: G
Indice Prestazione Energetica (EPI): Non specificato
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