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Pratovecchio
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Pratovecchio is a town and comune in the province of Arezzo, Tuscany.

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.

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.

Twin towns

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