Away.com - Arezzo Travel Guide: Arezzo is a medium-size Tuscan city, an agricultural center clambering up a low hill. It's a town of friendly citizens, artistic masterpieces by Piero della Francesca, and stained-glass marvels by Guillaume de Marcillat. Arretium was an important member of the 12-city Etruscan confederation, and it was famous in Roman times for its mass-produced corallino ceramics. The Ghibelline medieval comune ran afoul of Florence's Guelfs, and the city's armies were soundly trounced by Florence in the 1289 Battle of Campaldino. (The Florentine forces counted a young Dante Alighieri among the foot soldiers.) More recently, the city's gotten some international face time as the setting for Roberto Benigni's 1999 Oscar-winning film La Vita è Bella (Life Is Beautiful).
ABCTuscany.com - Arezzo Town: One of the most important cities of the Etruscan federation, in Roman times it also held a preminent position among the cities of the Italian peninsula, in the middle ages it was one of the first to elect its own government and in the 13th and 14th centuries, under the aegis of its warrior bishops, it was a powerful republic led by the Ghibelline faction.
How to reach Arezzo town:
From Rome, direction Florence/Arezzo on the A1 (210 Km)
From Florence, direction south rome (75 Km)
From Pisa, direction Florence (150 Km)
From Siena, direction east on the road Siena Bettolle (64 Km)
Visit the area of Valtiberina (Sansepolcro, Anghiari, Monterchi) the area of Setteponti (Loro Ciuffenna, Castiglion Fibocchi, Castelfranco) and Cortona, Castiglion Fiorentino
