Definitions

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  • A city of central Italy on the Arno River southeast of Florence. It was originally an Etruscan settlement and later a Roman military station and colony.

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  • proper noun Province of Tuscany, Italy.
  • proper noun Town and capital of Arezzo.

Etymologies

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From Italian Arezzo.

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Examples

  • I was particularly thinking about the frescoes of Piero della Francesca in Arezzo.

    John Seed: John Nava: The Timelessness of Now John Seed 2010

  • I was particularly thinking about the frescoes of Piero della Francesca in Arezzo.

    John Seed: John Nava: The Timelessness of Now John Seed 2010

  • I was particularly thinking about the frescoes of Piero della Francesca in Arezzo.

    John Seed: John Nava: The Timelessness of Now John Seed 2010

  • I was particularly thinking about the frescoes of Piero della Francesca in Arezzo.

    John Seed: John Nava: The Timelessness of Now John Seed 2010

  • Why it's worth it: Special rates are offered at Borgo Rapale (borgorapale.it), a Tuscan country house situated on a hilltop between Siena and Arezzo with views of the Chianti hills and the Ambra Valley, with 10 per cent off a weekly rate of $799 plus a bottle of Chianti wine; the 10th-century Castello di Tornano (castelloditornano.it) in Gaiole in Chianti has recently been restored and offers 15 per cent off plus a bottle of Chianti, and 20 per cent off cooking classes; there's a 10-per-cent discount at Poggio Cennina (poggiocennina.it), close to Cortona and Arezzo, which is the residence of Italian soccer great Paolo Rossi.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Patrick Dineen 2011

  • Why it's worth it: Special rates are offered at Borgo Rapale (borgorapale.it), a Tuscan country house situated on a hilltop between Siena and Arezzo with views of the Chianti hills and the Ambra Valley, with 10 per cent off a weekly rate of $799 plus a bottle of Chianti wine; the 10th-century Castello di Tornano (castelloditornano.it) in Gaiole in Chianti has recently been restored and offers 15 per cent off plus a bottle of Chianti, and 20 per cent off cooking classes; there's a 10-per-cent discount at Poggio Cennina (poggiocennina.it), close to Cortona and Arezzo, which is the residence of Italian soccer great Paolo Rossi.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Patrick Dineen 2011

  • Why it's worth it: Special rates are offered at Borgo Rapale (borgorapale.it), a Tuscan country house situated on a hilltop between Siena and Arezzo with views of the Chianti hills and the Ambra Valley, with 10 per cent off a weekly rate of $799 plus a bottle of Chianti wine; the 10th-century Castello di Tornano (castelloditornano.it) in Gaiole in Chianti has recently been restored and offers 15 per cent off plus a bottle of Chianti, and 20 per cent off cooking classes; there's a 10-per-cent discount at Poggio Cennina (poggiocennina.it), close to Cortona and Arezzo, which is the residence of Italian soccer great Paolo Rossi.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Patrick Dineen 2011

  • Why it's worth it: Special rates are offered at Borgo Rapale (borgorapale.it), a Tuscan country house situated on a hilltop between Siena and Arezzo with views of the Chianti hills and the Ambra Valley, with 10 per cent off a weekly rate of $799 plus a bottle of Chianti wine; the 10th-century Castello di Tornano (castelloditornano.it) in Gaiole in Chianti has recently been restored and offers 15 per cent off plus a bottle of Chianti, and 20 per cent off cooking classes; there's a 10-per-cent discount at Poggio Cennina (poggiocennina.it), close to Cortona and Arezzo, which is the residence of Italian soccer great Paolo Rossi.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Patrick Dineen 2011

  • As you can see in the picture above of the Etruscan bronze artwork known as the Chimaira of Arezzo which is closely related to the Greek images of the monster, only one of the three heads is that of a goat, the other two being those of a lion and of a serpent.

    The Chimaira chimera 2010

  • Burckhardt says, the Madonna della Cintola over Niccolò d'Arezzo's door of the Duomo.

    Florence and Northern Tuscany with Genoa With Sixteen Illustrations In Colour By William Parkinson And Sixteen Other Illustrations, Second Edition Edward Hutton 1922

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