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E3.
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Piazza Garibaldi
Located on the eastern edge
of town, this square is a
favourite haunt of American
students who come to Cortona
each summer. It offers superb
views of the handsome
Renaissance church of Santa
Maria delle Grazie al Calcinaio.
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22,620.
V
Camucia, 5 km (3 miles) SE.
@
Via
Nazionale 42 (0575 63 03 52).
Piazza Garibaldi.
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Sat.
Sagra della Bistecca (14-
15 Aug).
Shops
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¢
Mon am.
T
Tanella di Pitagora
Maestà del Sasso, on the road to Sodo.
Tel
0575 63 04 15.
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Via Crucis and Santa
Margherita
The Via Crucis, a long uphill
lane with gardens on either
side, leading to the 19th-
century church of Santa
Margherita, was laid out as a
war memorial in 1947. It is
decorated with Futurist
mosaics depicting episodes in
Christ's Passion by Gino
Severini (1883-1966).
The church, rebuilt from
1856-97 in the Romanesque-
Gothic style, has excellent
views over the surrounding
country-side. Inside, to the
right of the altar, lie a number
of Turkish battle standards
and lanterns captured during
18th-century naval battles. A
single rose window remains
from the original church.
daily. Book
one day in advance at the Museo
dell'Accademia Etrusca (see p204).
“Pythagoras's tomb” draws its
name from a mix-up between
Cortona and Pythagoras's birth-
place, Crotone. Two Etruscan
tombs nearby are called
“melons” because of the
grassy mounds around them.
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Santa Maria delle Grazie
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Santa Maria delle Grazie
Calcinaio.
daily.
A 15-minute stroll from the
centre of town, this remark-
able Renaissance church (1485)
is one of the few surviving
works by Francesco di Giorgio
Martini (1439-1502). The
building is opened on request
- ask at the caretaker's house,
beyond a garden to the right
of the main entrance.
The attractive High Altar
(1519), built by Bernardino
Covatti, contains a 15th-
century image of the Madonna
del Calcinaio. The stained
glass is by Guillaume de
Marcillat
(see p198)
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Tanella di Pitagora, a Hellenic-style
tomb on the plain below Cortona
CORTONA
Duomo
3
Museo dell'Accademia
Etrusca
4
Museo Diocesano
2
Palazzo Comunale
5
Piazza Garibaldi
7
San Francesco
6
Santa Margherita
8
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