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11 Osteria del Teatro
B1
12 Taverna Pane e Vino
A1
13 Trattoria Dardano
B1
Sights
Museo Diocesano
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MUSEUM
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(Piazza del Duomo 1; adult/child €5/3, audioguide €3; 10am-7pm Tue-Sun Apr-Oct, to 5pm Tue-Sun
Nov-Mar) Little is left of the original Romanesque character of Cortona's duomo MAP
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times in a less-than-felicitous fashion. Fortunately, its wonderful artworks have been
saved and are on display in this museum, which occupies the former church of the Gesù
on the opposite side of the piazza.
Room 1 features a remarkable Roman sarcophagus decorated with a frenzied battle
scene between Dionysus and the Amazons, but the real treasures are in Room 3. These in-
clude a moving Crucifixion (1320) by Pietro Lorenzetti and two beautiful works by Fra'
Angelico: Annunciation (1436) and Madonna with Child and Saints (1436-7).
Museo dell'Accademia Etrusca
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(MAEC; www.cortonamaec.org ; Piazza Signorelli 9; adult/child 6-12yr €10/7; 10am-7pm daily Apr-
Oct, to 5pm Tue-Sun Nov-Mar) The rather plain facade of the 13th-century Palazzo Casali MAP
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this fascinating museum displays substantial local Etruscan and Roman finds, Renaissance
globes, 18th-century decorative arts and contemporary paintings. The Etruscan collection
is the highlight, particularly those objects excavated from the tombs at Sodo, just outside
town.
Basilica di Santa Margherita
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CHURCH
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