Sansepolcro
Sansepolcro | |
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Città di Sansepolcro | |
St. John the Evangelist | |
Saint day | December 27 |
Website | www.comune.sansepolcro.ar.it |
Sansepolcro, formerly Borgo Santo Sepolcro, is a town and comune founded in the 11th century, located in the Italian Province of Arezzo in the eastern part of the region of Tuscany.
Situated on the upper reaches of the Tiber river, the town is the birthplace of the painters Piero della Francesca, Raffaellino del Colle (a pupil of Raphael), Matteo di Giovanni, Santi di Tito and Angiolo Tricca. It was also the birthplace of the Italian mathematician Luca Pacioli, and of Matteo Cioni, who translated Piero della Francesca's treatise about perspective in painting (De prospectiva pingendi) into Latin.
Today, the economy of the town is based on agriculture, industrial manufacturing, food processing and pharmaceuticals. It is the home of Buitoni pasta, founded by Giulia Buitoni in 1827.
History
According to tradition the founding of the town came about through two 9th-century pilgrims to the
The first historical mentions of Sansepolcro date to 1012, referring to the construction of the monastery, around which a
Due to its central location on the local trade routes, in the 13th century control of the town was contested and seized by various forces of the region, passing from
During
Main sights
The main church is the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist built in Gothic-Romanesque style in 1012–49. Other churches of note are San Francesco and San Lorenzo. The latter church has a Deposition by Rosso Fiorentino.
The English writer
See also
- Convento di Montecasale
- Diocese of Sansepolcro
- Eduino Francini
- St. Quentin (Pontormo)
- Teatro Dante
International relations
Sister cities
Sansepolcro is
Notes
- ^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- ^ "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- ^ "Arezzo: Sansepulcro Guide". Unseen Tuscany. 13 February 2015.
- ^ "Visiting Sansepolcro and Anghiari in Tuscany". Villa in Umbria Blog. 23 January 2023.
- ^ Marilyn Aronberg Lavin, Piero della Francesca 2002:14.
- ^ "The man who saved the Resurrection". BBC News. 24 December 2011.
- ^ Huxley, Aldous (1925). Along the Road: Notes and Essays of a Tourist. London: Chatto & Windus.