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Sansepolcro

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Sansepolcro

Town in Tuscany region, north-central Italy, 25 km/15 mi northeast of Arezzo; population (1991) 15,700. Pasta is produced. There is a 12th–14th-century cathedral, and a museum containing, amongst other masterpieces, paintings by the 15th-century artist Piero della Francesca, who was born here.



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In the distance, we can see the walls and towers of a little town — Sansepolcro on the border of Tuscany and Umbria, where Piero was born and spent most of his life.
The focus is Florentine Tuscany, that is, Florence plus the towns that it ruled in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries: Colle Valdelsa, Fucecchio, Pistoia, Poggibonsi, Prato, San Gimignano, Volterra, Arezzo, San Miniato, Pescia, and Sansepolcro.
The town of Sansepolcro is where the Italian painter Piero della Francesca was born and is a great tuscany tour as far as artistic value is concerned.
 
 
 
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