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| Comune di Pratovecchio |
Municipal coat of arms |
| Country |
 Italy |
| Region |
Tuscany |
| Province |
Arezzo (AR) |
| Mayor |
Gianni Verdi (since May 2006) |
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| Elevation |
420 m (1,378 ft) |
| Area |
75.39 km² (29 sq mi) |
| Population (as of 2005) |
| - Total |
3,109 |
| - Density |
41/km² (106/sq mi) |
| Time zone |
CET, UTC+1 |
| Coordinates |
43°47′N, 11°43′E |
| Gentilic |
Pratovecchini |
| Dialing code |
0575 |
| Postal code |
52015 |
| Frazioni |
Campolombardo, Casalino, Castel Castagnaio, Gualdo, Lonnano, San Donato, Tartiglia, Valiana, Villa |
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| - Day |
January 1 |
| Website: www.pratovecchio.net |
Pratovecchio is a town and comune in the province of Arezzo, Tuscany.
[edit] History
Dono di Paolo, father of the Florentine artist Paolo Uccello, was a barber-surgeon from Pratovecchio. Dono moved to Florence and became a citizen there in 1373.
[edit] Main sights
- Monastery and church of San Giovanni Evangelista (1134). Renovated in the 17th century, it has a Baroque portal and a single nave. Artworks include an Coronation of the Virgin by Giovanni Bizzelli (1600) and an Assumption by the Master of Pratovecchio (mid-15th century).
- Church of San Biagio, in Ama. Built in the 11th century in Romanesque style, is has a Gothic portal
- Church of Santi Vito e Modesto, in Lonnano (12th century).
- Santa Maria a Poppiena, at Poppiena, documented from 1099, in Romanesque style (notable the facade rose window). The apse is introduced by an arch and has three mullioned windows decorated in alabaster stones. It houses a 15th century Annunciation by Giovanni dal Ponte and fragment of a 14th century fresco of Madonna Enthroned with Child.
- Monastery of Santa Maria della Neve, founded in 1567.
- Pieve di San Pietro a Romena, in Romena. The church was built in the 12th century. Notable are the capitals decoration of the interiors (1152). The edifice is flanked by the late-Romanesque baptistery.
- Church of San Romolo, at Valiana, founded in 1126. It is in Romanesque style. It houses a noteworthy Pietà by an unknown master, dating from the late 14th-early 15th centuries.
[edit] Twin towns
[edit] External links
Uffenheim, Germany, since 1983
Bethlehem, Palestine, since 1993
Ma'alot-Tarshiha, Israel, since 2005
