Guidebook for Cortona
Food Scene
You can eat some typical Tuscan food and drink good wine. is very import to reserve especially on Saturdays and summer
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Taverna Pane e Vino
27 Piazza Luca SignorelliYou can eat some typical Tuscan food and drink good wine. is very import to reserve especially on Saturdays and summer
You can eat a very good Tuscan food and also drink good wine (perhaps not very cheap)
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Osteria del Teatro
2 Via G. MaffeiYou can eat a very good Tuscan food and also drink good wine (perhaps not very cheap)
a very simple restaurant, you can eat pizza and some simple other italian food
Trattoria Croce del Travaglio
1 Via Dardanoa very simple restaurant, you can eat pizza and some simple other italian food
Ristorante Portole
if you want to move from Cortona to the near hills and eat pizza or meat
this little locanda is very close to the house. you can eat some bread with cheese and ham, drink wine, beer or simply a coffee.
Torreone station
this little locanda is very close to the house. you can eat some bread with cheese and ham, drink wine, beer or simply a coffee.
Piazza Luca Signorelli
Piazza Luca Signorellithe food market and various products which is held every Sutarday morning
Piazza Sandro Pertini
Piazza Sandro Pertinithe food market and various products which is held every Thursday morning
a very good place where to eat good food and its famous starters (perhaps not very cheap)
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Ristorante Tonino
1 Piazza Garibaldia very good place where to eat good food and its famous starters (perhaps not very cheap)
Shopping
is the best supermarket in Cortona where you can buy food and some other things
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Coop Camucia
1 Piazza Sandro Pertiniis the best supermarket in Cortona where you can buy food and some other things
Arts & Culture
The Etruscan Academy Museum of the city of Cortona, consists of two main sections respectively devoted to the Accademia Etrusca and the Etruscan and Roman city of Cortona. The museum include the Etruscan bronze lamp, the so-called Musa Polimnia, a fine collection of Etruscan and Roman ceramics and bronzes as well as the Corbelli collection including materials from the Egyptian civilization.http://www.cortonamaec.org/english/museum_presentation.php#
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MAEC - Museo dell'Accademia Etrusca
9 Piazza Luca SignorelliThe Etruscan Academy Museum of the city of Cortona, consists of two main sections respectively devoted to the Accademia Etrusca and the Etruscan and Roman city of Cortona. The museum include the Etruscan bronze lamp, the so-called Musa Polimnia, a fine collection of Etruscan and Roman ceramics and bronzes as well as the Corbelli collection including materials from the Egyptian civilization.http://www.cortonamaec.org/english/museum_presentation.php#
The Diocesan Museum in Cortona is located on the former site of the local Church of Gesù, it houses works of art by artists such as Fra Angelico, Pietro Lorenzetti, Bartolomeo della Gatta, Luca Signorelli and Sassetta. Very beautiful museum especially for the famous Annunciation of the Beato Angelico.
http://www.cortonaweb.net/en/museums/diocesan-museum
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Museo Diocesano
1 Piazza del DuomoThe Diocesan Museum in Cortona is located on the former site of the local Church of Gesù, it houses works of art by artists such as Fra Angelico, Pietro Lorenzetti, Bartolomeo della Gatta, Luca Signorelli and Sassetta. Very beautiful museum especially for the famous Annunciation of the Beato Angelico.
http://www.cortonaweb.net/en/museums/diocesan-museum
Saint Francis came to Cortona in 1211 and founded this hermitage in a pleasant and quiet place. The toponym “celle” refers to small houses of hermits built in the holes of the mountain. The waterfall in front of the convent, which today belongs to the Capuchin Friars, is really breathtaking.
Convento Santuario Frati Minori
1 Via S. MargheritaSaint Francis came to Cortona in 1211 and founded this hermitage in a pleasant and quiet place. The toponym “celle” refers to small houses of hermits built in the holes of the mountain. The waterfall in front of the convent, which today belongs to the Capuchin Friars, is really breathtaking.
The church of San Michele Arcangelo in Metelliano, was built around the 7th century by Lombards after they conquered the area. Considering their worship for Saint Michael the Archangel, this church was dedicated to him. http://www.cortonaweb.net/en/attractions/top-10-attractions-cortona
Metelliano
The church of San Michele Arcangelo in Metelliano, was built around the 7th century by Lombards after they conquered the area. Considering their worship for Saint Michael the Archangel, this church was dedicated to him. http://www.cortonaweb.net/en/attractions/top-10-attractions-cortona
The church of Santa Maria delle Grazie al Calcinaio, It was built in the 15th century by Francesco di Giorgio Martini with the help of painter Luca Signorelli, in Renaissance style on a Latin cross plan with an elegant dome.
Santa Maria delle Grazie al Calcinaio
239 SP34The church of Santa Maria delle Grazie al Calcinaio, It was built in the 15th century by Francesco di Giorgio Martini with the help of painter Luca Signorelli, in Renaissance style on a Latin cross plan with an elegant dome.
San Niccolò was built in the 15th century, this church is connected with Bernardino from Siena who founded here in 1440 the Compagnia di San Niccolò. Its banner representing a Mourning over the Dead Christ and a Virgin and Child with Saints Peter and Paul, painted by Signorelli, is displayed over the main altar.
Vicolo San Niccolo
Vicolo San Niccolo San Niccolò was built in the 15th century, this church is connected with Bernardino from Siena who founded here in 1440 the Compagnia di San Niccolò. Its banner representing a Mourning over the Dead Christ and a Virgin and Child with Saints Peter and Paul, painted by Signorelli, is displayed over the main altar.
Marvelous Etruscan tombs that are located at the bottom of the hill of Cortona. Melone I, explored in 1909, has given wonderful Etruscan funerary equipments. On the contrary, Melone II, discovered in 1927, is over 70 m in diameter and has splendid decorative sculptures. A unique terraced altar, decorated with fighting scenes between humans and mythical animals, where probably the Etruscans made sacrifices, is not to be missed.
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Marvelous Etruscan tombs that are located at the bottom of the hill of Cortona. Melone I, explored in 1909, has given wonderful Etruscan funerary equipments. On the contrary, Melone II, discovered in 1927, is over 70 m in diameter and has splendid decorative sculptures. A unique terraced altar, decorated with fighting scenes between humans and mythical animals, where probably the Etruscans made sacrifices, is not to be missed.
Located about ten kilometers away from Cortona, this abbey was built by the Benedictine monks between the 8th and the 9th century and reached its utmost splendor between the 9th and the 14th century. The crypt is very interesting, sustained by Roman columns and capitals with fine sculptures and decorations. One of these columns is made of red granite coming from Egypt.
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Located about ten kilometers away from Cortona, this abbey was built by the Benedictine monks between the 8th and the 9th century and reached its utmost splendor between the 9th and the 14th century. The crypt is very interesting, sustained by Roman columns and capitals with fine sculptures and decorations. One of these columns is made of red granite coming from Egypt.