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get the essence of this town even only in a few days to bring back home unforgettable moments to remember while taking a stroll along the narrow streets to discover panoramic views with churches and old memories scattered all over the town.<\/p>\n<p>Those loving arts and culture cannot miss to visit four cultural places within the city walls that offer works of art on display, exhibitions and shows for everyone:<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"single_column","content":"<ol>\n<li>the first one is the <strong>MAEC<\/strong>, Museum of the Etruscan Academy and the City of Cortona, a place that those loving archaeology cannot miss: the roots of the history of Cortona are preserved in this museum, from the Etruscans till the contemporary times, with extremely significant objects such as the famous bronze lamp, the tabula cortonensis and the finds from the burial mounds of Sodo.<\/li>\n<li>the second one is the <strong>Diocesan Museum<\/strong>, which preserves extraordinary works of art of superb Italian painters, from Fra Angelico to Luca Signorelli, from the Lorenzetti brothers to Bartolomeo della Gatta and Vasari up to Gino Severini: a precious treasure contained within a valuable chest, i.e. the architectural complex of the Church of Ges\u00f9.<\/li>\n<li>the third one is the <strong>Fortress of Girifalco<\/strong>, an austere defensive built by the will of Cosimo I Grand Duke of Tuscany and now used as contemporary art exhibition venue and as seat of the Photography Festival named \u201cCortona On The Move\u201d.<\/li>\n<li>the last but not the least is <strong>Theater Signorelli<\/strong>, a jewel built in the second half of the 1800s that is still open to the public with interesting shows.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"two_columns","left":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cortonaweb.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/MG_5896-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-715 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cortonaweb.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/MG_5896-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cortonaweb.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/MG_5896-1.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.cortonaweb.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/MG_5896-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cortonaweb.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/MG_5896-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.cortonaweb.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/MG_5896-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.cortonaweb.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/MG_5896-1-370x247.jpg 370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Those <strong>loving archaeology <\/strong>can visit the Archaeological Park, located about 5 km from Cortona, which consists of monumental Etruscan burial mounds in the hamlet of Sodo and the town of Camucia (6<sup>th<\/sup> century B.C.) and the so-called Tanella Angori and Tanella di Pitagora (2<sup>nd<\/sup> century B.C.), in addition to a rich network of ancient Roman stretching in the mountains around Cortona.<\/p>\n<p>Those <strong>loving wellness<\/strong> and open-air activities or those simply loving walks can take advantage of the marvelous Viale del Parterre, a flat walkway about one kilometer long that stretches amid the greenery of Cortona public gardens.<\/p>\n","right":"<p>Among the religious buildings and <strong>spiritual places<\/strong>, the monumental Church of San Francesco, the only example of Gothic style in Cortona, and the Sanctuary of Santa Margherita, which preserves the incorrupt body of the Patron Saint of Cortona and from where one can enjoy a breathtaking view into Valdichiana, certainly deserve a visit. Right outside the city walls you can also admire the Church of Santa Maria delle Grazie al Calcinaio, defined the \u201cperfect church\u201d of the Renaissance and the Franciscan Hermitage Le Celle, founded by Saint Francis in 1211, a place rich of suggestion and spirituality.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cortonaweb.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/MG_6165.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-711 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cortonaweb.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/MG_6165-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cortonaweb.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/MG_6165-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.cortonaweb.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/MG_6165-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cortonaweb.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/MG_6165-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.cortonaweb.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/MG_6165-370x247.jpg 370w, https:\/\/www.cortonaweb.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/MG_6165.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\"><\/a><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"single_column","content":"<blockquote><p><span class=\"cortonaweb\">\u201cPiazza della Repubblica in Cortona is the most romantic square in Italy\u201d<\/span><cite>Andr\u00e9 Rieu <span class=\"cortonaweb\">Violinist<\/span><\/cite><\/p><\/blockquote>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"two_columns","left":"<p>Finally, as it happens in all Tuscan villages, in Cortona there are traditions and habits that survive over time, therefore the best way \u201cto feel at home\u201d in Cortona is going for a stroll along <strong>Rugapiana<\/strong> and then stop even if just for a drink or for an ice-cream in <strong>Piazza della Repubblica<\/strong>, which was defined by famous violinist Andr\u00e9 Rieu as \u201cthe most romantic square in Italy\u201d!<\/p>\n","right":"<p>The Town Hall and Palazzo Passerini, giving evidence of the glorious past of the town during the Middle Ages, tower above the square that is now a rendezvous point for the inhabitants and for the tourists visiting Cortona.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"single_column","content":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-722\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cortonaweb.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/perle_2-1024x415.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"415\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cortonaweb.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/perle_2-1024x415.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.cortonaweb.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/perle_2-300x122.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cortonaweb.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/perle_2-768x311.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.cortonaweb.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/perle_2-370x150.jpg 370w, https:\/\/www.cortonaweb.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/perle_2.jpg 1110w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"shared_partial","shared_partial_select":"acquista-guida-e-mappa-eng"}],"show_related_events":false},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cortonaweb.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3412","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cortonaweb.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cortonaweb.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cortonaweb.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cortonaweb.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3412"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.cortonaweb.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3412\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5932,"href":"https:\/\/www.cortonaweb.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3412\/revisions\/5932"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cortonaweb.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}