Bedste seværdigheder i Cortona

Cortona's Essential Treasures

Cortona's heritage runs from its Etruscan origins to the Renaissance. The MAEC museum holds rare Etruscan finds, and the Diocesan Museum keeps Fra Angelico's Annunciation. Around the town centre stand the medieval Palazzo Comunale, the cathedral and the church of San Francesco. Higher up are the Basilica of Santa Margherita and the Medici fortress, and below the walls are Santa Maria del Calcinaio and the Etruscan tombs of the plain. Le Celle, the hermitage linked to Saint Francis, lies in a wooded valley just outside town.

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MAEC - Etruscan Academy Museum

Housed in the 13th-century Palazzo Casali, this museum displays important Etruscan and Roman finds. Highlights include a 5th-century BC bronze lamp and the Tabula Cortonensis, one of the longest Etruscan inscriptions.

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Palazzo Comunale

The 13th-century town hall dominates Piazza della Repubblica, with its clock tower and a broad stone staircase that serves as a meeting point.

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Diocesan Museum

A small museum in a former church opposite the cathedral, best known for Fra Angelico's Annunciation and paintings by Luca Signorelli.

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Cortona Cathedral

The cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta stands on the edge of the town walls, with a Renaissance interior and a terrace looking over the Val di Chiana.

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San Francesco, Cortona

A 13th-century church founded by Brother Elias, a companion of Saint Francis, who is buried here. It keeps a relic of the Holy Cross.

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Santa Margherita, Cortona

A 19th-century basilica near the top of the hill, built over the church where Saint Margaret of Cortona is buried. Her body lies in a glass casket above the altar.

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Fortezza del Girifalco

A Medici fortress from the 16th century at the highest point of town, with wide views over the Val di Chiana and Lake Trasimeno. It hosts exhibitions in summer.

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Santa Maria del Calcinaio

A Renaissance church by Francesco di Giorgio Martini, begun in 1485 below the town walls, with a Latin-cross plan and a tall octagonal dome.

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Tanella di Pitagora

A Hellenistic Etruscan tomb on a round stone base, set among cypresses below the town. Its name comes from a mistaken link to the philosopher Pythagoras.

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Melone II del Sodo

A large Etruscan burial mound on the plain below Cortona. It is known for its monumental altar terrace with a stairway flanked by carved sphinx-and-warrior groups.