Umbrien liegt im Zentrum Italiens, dort, wo die Wiege der Zivilisation des Mittelalters und der Renaissance einst beheimatet war. Die bekanntesten Kunststädte in der Nähe sind: Florenz, Siena, Assisi, Gubbio, Arezzo, Todi, Montepulciano, Perugia.


Arezzo

Arezzo was founded in pre-Etruscan in an area inhabited since prehistoric times, as evidenced by the discovery of stone tools and the so-called "Man Elm", dating back to the Paleolithic, which occurred near the hamlet dell'Olmo during excavation work a short tunnel of the railway line Rome-Florence in 1863. The area at the confluence of Valdarno, Valdichiana and Casentino, infact, is a natural st...