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SOME HISTORY
To discover the history of the Valtiberina you do not have
to read the history books. It is enough to make a tour around its
villages, Anghiari, Badia Tedalda, Caprese Michelangelo, Monterchi,
Pieve Santo Stefano, Sansepolcro and Sestino. The whole area is
touched by the river Tiber and features traces from the populations
and civilisations which have been present in this territory of Tuscany.
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present villages are located on the remains of the Etruscan and Roman
settlements, in order to enhance the strategic functions of the crossroads
between the north and the south of Italy. Both Etruscans and Romans
built bridges and roads to exploit the geographical position which
enhanced the trade and its political importance. The population grew
as the trade flourished and the civilisation grew stronger and stronger.
Today there is not much to see from the Etruscan and Roman period,
but there are interesting examples from the Middle Ages. The strategic
position of the Valtiberina was exploited during the whole Middle
Ages and from this period you find castles, feuds and dioceses for
both the religious and political control of the territory. The hermitages
and the convents in the area show the religious importance in the
Valtiberina during the Middle Ages, while Florence signed the civilisation
from the 14th century. As a matter of fact, the Valtiberina features
lots of artworks and architecture influenced by the stylistic Florentine
language of the Renaissance. The Florentine masters, such as Piero
della Francesca, Michelangeo Buonarroti and Alberto Alberti, all from
the Valtiberina, got their art education in the
Florentine workshops and then embellished their home churches and
villages with their art.
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