Arezzo (It. Provincia di Arezzo) is a province in the Tuscany region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Arezzo. In Italy, the province (in Italian: provincia) is an administrative division of an intermediate level, between municipality (comune) and region (Regione). ... Tuscany (Italian Toscana) is a region in central Italy, bordering on Latium to the south, Umbria to the east, Emilia-Romagna and Liguria to the north, and the Tyrrhenian Sea to the west. ... Arezzo is a city in central Italy, capital of the province of the same name, located in Tuscany. ...
It has an area of 3,235 sq km, and a total population of 323,288 (2001). There are 39 communes in the province (source: Italian institute of statistics Istat, see this link).
A charming hilly town in the east of Tuscany, Arezzo boasts ancient origins. It was one of the greatest etruscan "Lucumonie" succesively it became a Roman town having a strategic position. It was an important centre for economic activities and for its oustanding monuments , such as the Amphitheatre with numerous ruins. Famous for its foundries and the artistic manufactures of red-painted vases (the so called coral vases) which spread all over the Roman world. In the Middle Age, Arezzo was a free city-state where the Ghibellina supporters often prevail in an atmosphere of friction with nearby Florence. After the rout of Campaldino (1289) its fortunes were low and apart from a brief period under the Tartari, it definetely yielded to Florentine domination (1384) and became part of Medicean Granducato. Arezzo is set on a hill above the plain made up of the floods from Arno river. In the upper part of the town you can find the Cathedral, the Town Hall, the Medici Fortress, from which the main streets branch off towards the lower part as far as the gates. The upper part of the town maintains its medieval aspect even if we can find later architectonic monuments.
It has 40 towns in the province of Arezzo, 10 in that of Sienna, and one in that of Perugia.
The list of bishops is sufficiently regular from A.D. Arezzo is of great antiquity and was one of the first cities of Italy to receive the Gospel, as tradition avers, from St. Romulus, afterwards Bishop of Fiesole, a disciple of St. Paul.
Arezzo has three celebrated sanctuaries: Alvernia, where St. Francis of Assisi received the stigmata; Camaldoli, where St. Romual founded the order of that name, and Accona, where Blessed Bernardo Tolommei founded the Olivetan Congregation.
o the northwest, the province of Arezzo abuts the Tuscan province of Florence and to the southwest, that of Siena.
Francesco Redi, a native of Arezzo, in his "Bacco in Toscana", published in 1685, commented positively about the red wines of the Arno river valley, the white Malvagia (Malvasia) made in the vicinity of the hilltop village of Montegonzi, the "brilliant, vermillion wines" of the city of Arezzo, and the "flaming", i.e.
During the growing season, the Cortona DOC is usually the hottest and driest vineyard area in the province of Arezzo.
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