AREZZO EVENTS

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Video “Arezzo Thank You Very Much” 

1 minute and you know what to visit

1 minute video on Arezzo in the 60s

and Arezzo Antiques Fair

Video Giostra del Saracino 3 min.

Saracen Joust Arezzo

In the context of historical re-enactments, of which central Italy is rich, there is the Joust of the Saracen. Restored as a historical re-enactment in 1931, the Giostra del Saracino takes place in Arezzo in the Piazza Grande on the third Saturday of June at night and on the first Sunday of September in a daytime edition. The 4 neighborhoods of the city compete in the carousel: Porta del Foro district, Porta Crucifera neighborhood, Porta Sant'Andrea district and Porta Santo Spirito neighborhood. 

Every knight runs there vying based on the order established bycareer extraction, a ritual that takes place in the town square a week before the Giostra. The knight carries a lance with which he must hit the board supported by the tumbler, a wooden statue representing the Saracen (hence the name). The score is between one and five points; each district runs twice until, sometimes resorting to a play-off, one district prevails over the others.

We organize visits with Tourist Guides in Italian, English and German (link)

• Abbey of Saints Flora and Lucilla (the Badia) with the painted cross of Sign of Bonaventura, the main altar of Giorgio Vasari , Fake dome di Andrea Pozzo.
• Abbey of San Veriano
• Santa Caterina Conservatory
• Convent and Villa Sargiano and church of San Giovanni Battista
• Medici Fortress
• Petrarca's house
• Vasari House
• “Ivan Bruschi” house-museum
• Loggias by Vasari

• Palace of the Lay Fraternity
• Palazzo dei Priori, seat of the town hall
• Palazzo Albergotti said of the Statues
• Praetorian Palace where the city library of Arezzo is located
• Palazzo Barbolani in Montauto
• Brandaglia Palace
• Palazzo Camaiani-Albergotti
• Palazzo Cofani-Brizzolari
• Badia Palace
• Palazzo Bruni-Ciocchi
• Fossombroni Palace
• Guillichini Palace
• Palazzo Lappoli
• Bishop's Palace

• Piazza Grande or Piazza Vasari
• Villa Sargiano
• Petrarca Theatre
• Italian barracks (former)
• Palace of the Civil Engineers
• Government Palace
• Palace of the Province
• Post Office building
• Vasari House
• Museum of Media
• State archaeological museum Gaio Cilnio Mecenate
• Civic Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (Arezzo)
• Diocesan Museum of Sacred Art
• Museum of medieval and modern art

Every first Sunday of the month and the previous Saturday, the "Antiques fair“, born in 1968 from an idea of ​​the historic Arezzo antiques dealer Ivan Bruschi. The “September fair” (Fiera del Ladle) is held on 9, 10 and 11 September each year.

The last week of August has taken place since 1952 Guido d'Arezzo polyphonic competition, international competition dedicated to Guido Monaco in which they participate choirs coming from all over the world. The competition is a stage of European Choral Singing Grand Prix which takes place periodically in Arezzo approximately every six years.

The city's own festivals are those of the patron saint San Donato, on August 7th and that of Our Lady of Confort on February 15th. January 10th is celebrated Blessed Gregory, co-patron of the city.

The city's own festivals are those of the patron saint San Donato, on August 7th and that of Our Lady of Confort on February 15th. January 10th is celebrated Blessed Gregory, co-patron of the city.

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