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Morning
Start at the Museo Archeologico Mecenate, a museum of corallino pottery and other ancient artifacts that stands on the former amphitheatre.
Head up to Piazza Grande for a cappuccino at one of the cafés under Vasari’s Loggia. Admire the square’s Gothic and Renaissance palazzi before visiting Santa Maria della Pieve.
Climb up past the Casa di Petrarca (the poet’s supposed house) to the Duomo and its masterful stained glass. On Thursday and Friday mornings you could first nip to the tiny Museo del Duomo to see paintings by Bartolomeo della Gatta, and Spinello and Parri Aretino.
Wander back downhill for lunch at La Buca di San Francesco .
Afternoon
Having pre-booked (0575 900 404), head for the Piero works in San Francesco (see Arezzo’s San Francesco).
Grab a heavenly gelato (icecream) from Caffè dei Costanti , and walk down Via Cavour to the Badia. Above the high altar (Vasari’s intended tomb) note the trompel’oeil “dome” (1702) painted by Baroque master of illusion Andrea Pozzo.
Via Garibaldi leads past SS. Annunziata to the Museo Statale d’Arte Medievale e Moderna, a mix of Romanesque sculpture, majolica ceramics, and paintings by Parri Aretino, Bartolomeo della Gatta and Vasari.
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