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History<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

For a chronological guide, see Timeline of Arezzo<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Described by Livy<\/a> as one of the Capita Etruriae<\/em> (Etruscan capitals), Arezzo (Aritim<\/em> in Etruscan<\/a>) is believed[by whom?<\/a><\/em>]<\/sup> to have been one of the twelve most important Etruscan<\/a> cities\u2014the so-called Dodecapolis<\/a>, part of the Etruscan League<\/a>. Etruscan remains establish that the acropolis of San Cornelio, a small hill next to that of San Donatus, was occupied and fortified in the Etruscan period. There is other significant Etruscan evidence: parts of walls, an Etruscan necropolis on Poggio del Sole<\/em> (still named “Hill of the Sun”), and most famously, the two bronzes, the “Chimera of Arezzo<\/a>” (5th century BC) and the “Minerva” (4th century BC) which were discovered in the 16th century and taken to Florence<\/a>. Increasing trade connections with Greece<\/a> also brought some elite goods to the Etruscan nobles of Arezzo: the krater<\/a> painted by Euphronios<\/a> c. 510 BC depicting a battle against Amazons (in the Museo Civico, Arezzo 1465<\/a>) is unsurpassed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Conquered by the Romans<\/a> in 311 BC, Arretium<\/em> became a military station on the via Cassia<\/a>, the road by which Rome expanded into the basin of the Po<\/a>. Arretium sided with Marius<\/a> (157 \u2013 86 BC) in the Roman Civil War<\/a>, and the victorious Sulla<\/a> (c. 138 \u2013 78 BC) planted a colony of his veterans in the half-demolished city, as Arretium Fidens<\/em> (“Faithful Arretium”). The old Etruscan aristocracy was not extinguished: Gaius Cilnius Maecenas<\/a>, whose name has become eponymous<\/a> with “patron of the arts”, came of the noble Aretine Etruscan stock. The city continued to flourish as Arretium Vetus<\/em> (“Old Arretium”), the third-largest city in Italy in the Augustan period<\/a>, well known in particular for its widely exported pottery manufactures, the characteristic moulded and glazed Arretine ware<\/a>, bucchero<\/em>-ware of dark clay and red-painted vases (the so-called “coral” vases).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Around 261 AD the town council of Arezzo dedicated an inscription to its patron L. Petronius Taurus Volusianus<\/a>. See that article for discussion of the possible political\/military significance of Volusianus’s association with the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the 3rd to 4th century Arezzo became an episcopal seat: it is one of the few cities whose succession of bishops<\/a> are known by name without interruption to the present day, in part because the bishops operated as the feudal lords of the city in the Middle Ages<\/a>. The Roman city was demolished, partly in the course of the Gothic War<\/a> and of the late-6th-century invasion of the Lombards<\/a>, partly dismantled, as elsewhere throughout[citation needed<\/a><\/em>]<\/sup> Europe<\/a>. The Aretines re-used the stones for fortifications. Only the amphitheater<\/a> remained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The commune of Arezzo<\/a> threw off the control of its bishop in 1098 and functioned as an independent city-state<\/a> until 1384. Generally Ghibelline<\/a> in tendency, it opposed Guelph<\/a> Florence. In 1252 the city founded its university, the Studium<\/em><\/a>. After the rout of the Battle of Campaldino<\/a> (1289), which saw the death of Bishop Guglielmino Ubertini<\/a> [it<\/a>], the fortunes of Ghibelline Arezzo started to ebb, apart from a brief period under the Tarlati<\/a> family, chief among them Guido Tarlati<\/a>, who became bishop in 1312 and maintained good relations with the Ghibelline party. The Tarlati sought support in an alliance with Forl\u00ec<\/a> and its overlords, the Ordelaffi<\/a>, but failed: Arezzo yielded to Florentine<\/a> domination in 1384; its individual history became subsumed in that of Florence and of the Medicean Grand Duchy of Tuscany<\/a>. During this period Piero della Francesca<\/a> (c. 1415\u20131492) worked in the church of San Francesco di Arezzo<\/a> producing the splendid frescoes, recently restored, which are Arezzo’s most famous works. Afterwards the city began an economical and cultural decay, which ensured the preservation of its medieval centre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the 18th century the neighbouring marshes of the Val di Chiana<\/a>, south of Arezzo, were drained[by whom?<\/a><\/em>]<\/sup> and the region became less malarial<\/a>. At the end of the-century French troops led by Napoleon Bonaparte<\/a> conquered Arezzo, but the city soon turned (1799\u20131800) into a resistance base against the invaders with the “Viva Maria”<\/a> movement, winning the city the role of provincial capital. In 1860 Arezzo became part of the Kingdom of Italy<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

City buildings suffered heavy damage during World War II<\/a>; the Germans made a stand in front of Arezzo early in July 1944 and fierce fighting ensued before the British 6th Armoured Division<\/a>, assisted by New Zealand troops of the 2nd New Zealand Division<\/a>, liberated the town 16 July 1944. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission<\/a>‘s Arezzo War Cemetery<\/a>, where 1,266 men are buried, is located to the north-west of the city.[10]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pope Benedict XVI<\/a> visited Arezzo and two other Italian municipalities on May 13, 2012.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

all the information come from Wikipedia,<\/a> the free encyclopedia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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