Little is known about the tragic history of the Renicci Internment Camp, located in the municipality of Anghiari, Valtiberina: yet it represents one of the most dramatic and least known episodes in Italian history during World War II. The…
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Visiting the Museum of Palazzo Taglieschi in Anghiari, where a marvelous polychrome wood sculpture by Jacopo della Quercia is preserved, you will happen to come across a very curious slab made of pietra serena, a typical material of this…
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Along the banks of the upper Tiber River lies the Valtiberina, a land known for its splendid landscapes but also for its contribution to art. Here, in fact, were born Michelangelo and Piero della Francesca, who also left some of his most…
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Imagine a room full of bookshelves, where each book does not tell the story of a famous person, but that of an individual like us, with his joys, fears and hopes. A sea of human experiences, from the letters of a soldier at the front…
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Works and artists Ancient art Piero della Francesca Renaissance Valtiberina
On June 11, 1445, the ancient company of Santa Maria della Misericordia of Borgo San Sepolcro commissioned Piero della Francesca (Borgo San Sepolcro, c. 1412 - 1492) to paint a panel to be placed in the confraternity's church, obliging the…
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Works and artists Ancient art Valtiberina
"He left in the Borgo bonissime facultà et alcune case che egli stesso si aveva edificate, le quali per le parti furono arseite e rovinate l'anno 1536." So wrote Giorgio Vasari in the Life of Piero della Francesca, pointing out how…
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Works and artists Ancient art Renaissance Valtiberina
A marvelous Renaissance wooden sculpture has been enriching the state heritage since 1977: it is the Madonna and Child by Jacopo della Quercia (Siena, c. 1374 - 1438), purchased that year by the Superintendency of Arezzo and now the most…
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Works and artists Ancient art Renaissance Valtiberina
The Battle of Anghiari, although a rather important historical episode, would not be a well-known fact to most people today if it did not tie its memory to Leonardo da Vinci and the famous painting that the genius from Vinci allegedly…
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