Visual Tour of Cortona (and environs) - page 2 |
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Ruins of Roman amphitheater in Arezzo |
Roman
amphitheater in Arezzo - detail |
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S. Maria Assunta in Piazza Grande - Arezzo
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Fountain
in Perugia (Cortona once had a
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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) |
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Assisi -
upper basilica San Francesco |
Gigi's porchetta stand (Pza. Signorelli) on market day (Saturday) in Cortona |
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Olive
press in frantoio near Cortona |
"Porta
bifora" aka Porta Ghibellina at the foot of |
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Palazzo
Comunale (Town hall) - Cortona;
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Palazzo Casali (13th century, with facade by Filippo Berretini ca 1613, now houses Museo Etrusco) - Cortona |
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Palazzo Passerini (mid-1200s) - Cortona
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Jovanotti's
house "Villetta Fiorita" - Cortona |
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Medieval
Door of the Dead (at left)
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Medieval
Door of the Dead
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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) |
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Cortona
ironwork (Tommasi family arms) |
Cortona - Porta Montanina |
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Cortona -
Etruscan wall at base (with Roman |
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 |
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Abbazia di Farneta (Farneta Abbey, founded |
Cortona's Churches (Le Chiese) - Visual Tour
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