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Casa del Vasari
Via XX Settembre 55.
Tel
0575 40 90
40.
architectural fragments and
sculptures dating from the
10th to the 17th centuries.
The collection includes
one of the best displays
of majolica pottery in
Italy. There are also
several terracottas by
Andrea della Robbia
and his followers;
frescoes by Vasari
and Signorelli;
and paintings by
19th-and 20th-
century artists,
including members
of the Italian
Macchiaioli
School
(see p123)
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(to 1pm Tue, Sun & pub hols).
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della Repubblica 28 (0575 37 76
78).
Piazza della Repubblica.
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Vasari (1512-74) built
this house for himself
in 1540 and decorated
the ceilings and walls
with portraits of fellow
artists, friends and
mentors. He
also painted
himself looking
out of one of
the windows.
A prolific painter
and architect, Vasari
is most famous for his book,
Lives of the Most Excellent
Painters, Sculptors and
Architects
(1550). An account
of many great Renaissance
artists, it has, in spite of an
often cavalier attitude to the
truth, led to Vasari being de-
scribed as the first art historian.
Giostra del Sara-
cino (3rd Sun in Jun and 1st Sun
in Sep).
Early closing
Sat (Mon
am in winter).
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display showing how this high-
quality red-glazed pottery
was produced and exported
throughout the Roman Empire
during the 1st century BC.
Detail of fresco from
Casa del Vasari
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Santa Maria delle Grazie
Via di Santa Maria.
8am-7pm daily.
Completed in 1449 and set
in its own walled garden, this
church, fronted by Benedetto
da Maiano's pretty loggia
(1482), stands on the south-
eastern outskirts of the
town. The High
Altar, by Andrea
della Robbia
(1435-1525),
encloses Parri di
Spinello's fresco of the
Virgin (1430). A damaged
fresco by Lorentino
d'Arezzo (1430-1505) is
on the right of the altar.
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Anfiteatro Romano e
Museo Archeologico
Via Margaritone 10.
Tel
0575 222 59.
Amphitheatre
8:30am-6pm daily
(to 8pm in summer).
Museum
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8:30am-7:30pm
daily.
1 Jan, 1
May, 25 Dec.
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Museo Statale d'Arte
Medioevale e Moderna
Via di San Lorentino 8.
Tel
0575 40
90 50.
the museum.
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A ruined Roman
amphitheatre stands
near the Museo Archeo-
logico. Famous for its
extensive collection of
Roman Aretine ware,
the museum has a
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9am-7pm daily.
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The museum is housed in the
graceful 15th-century Palazzo
Bruni. Its courtyard contains
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