A walking tour in 𝗔𝗿𝗲𝘇𝘇𝗼, in 𝐓𝐮𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐲. Arezzo is located about 80 kilometres (50 miles) southeast of Florence ================================================================================ 📢 **𝗣𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗦𝘂𝗯𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗯𝗲!** 📢 🔷 Help with a donation! - https://www.paypal.me/stillwanderertours 🔷 🔶 Support me on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/stillwanderer 🔶 ☕️ Offer me a Coffee! - https://ko-fi.com/stillwanderer4kwalk ☕️ ================================================================================ *Some History* Described by Livy as one of the Capita Etruriae (Etruscan capitals), Arezzo (Aritim in Etruscan) is believed to have been one of the twelve most important Etruscan cities—the so-called Dodecapolis, part of the Etruscan League. Conquered by the Romans in 311 BC, Arretium became a military station on the via Cassia, the road by which Rome expanded into the basin of the Po. Arretium sided with Marius (157 – 86 BC) in the Roman Civil War, and the victorious Sulla (c. 138 – 78 BC) planted a colony of his veterans in the half-demolished city, as Arretium Fidens ("Faithful Arretium"). The city continued to flourish as Arretium Vetus ("Old Arretium"), the third-largest city in Italy in the Augustan period, well known in particular for its widely exported pottery manufactures, the characteristic moulded and glazed Arretine ware, bucchero-ware of dark clay and red-painted vases (the so-called "coral" vases). The Roman city was demolished, partly in the course of the Gothic War and of the late-6th-century invasion of the Lombards, partly dismantled, as elsewhere throughout Europe. The commune of Arezzo threw off the control of its bishop in 1098 and functioned as an independent city-state until 1384. Generally Ghibelline in tendency, it opposed Guelph Florence. At the end of the 18th century French troops led by Napoleon Bonaparte conquered Arezzo, but the city soon turned (1799–1800) into a resistance base against the invaders with the "Viva Maria" movement, winning the city the role of provincial capital. In 1860 Arezzo became part of the Kingdom of Italy. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ♦♦♦📍 𝗠𝗮𝗽 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗼𝘂𝗿 📍♦♦♦ https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=1y2n9Hc53u1bTf0jrs_htfjLWUJjTNYig&usp=sharing&entry=yt ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 🔻 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 🔻 0:00 - Roman amphitheatre 4:56 - St.Augustine Square and Church 11:45 - St.Michael Square 13:10 - Corso Italia (main avenue) 17:03 - Guido Monaco Square 21:52 - St.Francis Square and Basilica of St.Francis (small tour inside) 26:47 - Piazza della Badia (square) 34:10 - Church of St.Mary of the "Pieve" 39:54 - Piazza Grande (Big Square) - main square of Arezzo 47:02 - Pretorio Palace (today a library) 50:49 - House of Petrarch 53:08 - Freedom Square (Piazza della Libertà) and town hall 56:46 - Piazza di Murello 58:58 - Cathedral of Saints Peter adn Donato 01:00:13 - (tour inside) 01:07:17 - Public Park - Passeggio del Prato ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- #walkingtour #Arezzo #virtualtour #virtual #walking #walk #drone #4k #walks #tour #italy #tours #random #Tuscany