In Italy
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Tuscany
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Language School
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Cultura Italiana Arezzo
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| Address: | Corso Italia, 258 |
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Arezzo (Arezzo)
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Distance from school to:
(Using public transportation)
Seaside: 150 minutes
Railway Station: 2 minutes
Airport: 60 minutes
Attractions near Arezzo
Arezzo is close to other great sites in Tuscany, which are easily accessible by car, train or bus: less than an hour from Florence, a little bit more than an hour from Siena and Perugia, 30 minutes from Cortona, 60 minutes from Montepulciano and Montalcino, to name a few. Rome is only 70 minutes away with the fastest train. There are dozens of sites within easy reach to make your visit something to treasure. Its origins date back to Etruscan and Roman times, and several remnants and artefacts...
can be found in the old city, the centro storico, which retains its medieval flavour. Must see in Arezzo: - Piazza Grande is one of the most unique piazzas in Italy and the center of many city activities. Museums and churches offer countless masterpieces including frescoes, paintings, sculpture, and stained glass. - The church of St. Francesco has Piero della Francesca’s greatest masterpiece, the fresco cycle of La Leggenda della Vera Croce (The Legend of the True Cross), and the church of San Domenico holds a very famous crucifix from Cimabue. -The duomo (cathedral) is considered by many one of the finest examples of Gothic architecture in Italy. -The Chimera, a hollow bronze Etruscan statue which dates back to 400 BC, was discovered in Arezzo in 1533 and the Grand Duke of Tuscany, Cosimo I, immediately took the artefact to Florence. Now it is one of Arezzo’s symbols and two replicas sit in fountains near the train station and another can be viewed at Porta San Lorentino. -Arezzo’s grand medieval festival celebrates its past by holding La Giostra del Saracino (The Joust of the Saracen) in June and September. ). During the week before the joust, an atmosphere of excitement pervades the city: there are special dinners with as many as a thousand attendees, parades and ceremonies of all sorts. -On the first Sunday of every month, Arezzo hosts Italy’s most important Fiera Antiquaria (Antique Fair). Over 100 dealers set up shop selling everything imaginable from furniture to chandeliers to lace to music to copper sinks for washing hair. - Arezzo is the home of Guido Monaco, inventor of musical notation, and holds in his honour the annual classical International Polyphonic Choral Competition during the beginning of September. - The cuisine of the Aretine province is as varied as the scenery. Arezzo’s cuisine is based on the riches of the Val di Chiana to the south with its fruit orchards, grains, corn, and the prized chianina beef, which provides the world’s tastiest porterhouse steak, the bistecca fiorentina.
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Cultura Italiana Arezzo
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Cultura Italiana Arezzo is a school and center of activity promoting Italian language and culture. It is a member of ASILS, an Association of Schools of Italian as a Second Language designed to guarantee the quality of instruction and professional level of services offered to students and it is also a member of Eduitalia, an association of schools and universities that offers courses to foreign students and whose mission is to promote the Italian culture, under the patronage of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Italy. It is also recognized and supported by the City and the Province of Arezzo.
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