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In Sansepolcro, hometown of Piero della Francesca, one of the greatest Italian painters of 15th century, the museum owns some of his most important masterpieces such as the Resurrection, St. Julian,Polyptyc of the Misericordia , etc. Few kilometres away is the village town of Monterchi where another important fresco of the artist can be admired, Madonna del Parto. The Fondazione Piero della Francesca is based in Sansepolcro in the house where the artist was born, which was requisitioned by the Italian state in 1975 and completely restored by the Superintendency of Environmental, Architectural, historical and cultural heritage of the town of Arezzo. Sansepolcro is not only the hometown of Piero della Francesca: its rich artistic and cultural heritage is tied to distinguished names like Luca Pacioli, one of the greatest mathematicians of the Renaissance, a former student of Piero della Francesca and friend of Leonardo da Vinci; Michelangelo Buonarroti, born in the nearby village town of Caprese Michelangelo was a notable painter, sculptor, architect and poet. The town of Sansepolcro is also renowned foreminent artists like Santi di Tito, Matteo di Giovanni, Raffaellin dal Colle, Alberti’s family, etc… Sansepolcro is also a town of very ancient traditions, such as Palio della

La resurrezione

San Giuliano

Balestra (Crossbow Contest) and Merletto Italiano (Italian Lace). Particularly in the field of high quality craftwork, Sansepolcro Cultural Centre has the merit of having recovered and relaunched the main local artistic handicraft of the bobbin lace and of having established the International Lace Biennal, which is one of the main events of this industry in Europe.

Madonna del Parto

La casa di Piero

Polittico della Misericordia

Places and attractions less than two hours’ drive away are: Caprese Michelangelo (20km), La verna (30km): Santuario dove visse San Francesco d’Assisi, Eremo di Montecasale (6km), Anghiari (10km). Nell'arco della giornata si possono visitare città d'arte quali Firenze (115km), Arezzo (35km), Siena (100km), Cortona (50km), Pisa (190km), Perugia (70km), Assisi (80km), Gubbio (60km), Spello (90km), Todi (110km), Repubblica di San Marino (100km), San Leo (80km), Ravenna (120km), Bologna (170km). Ed infine famose località balneari quali Rimini (85km), Riccione (130km), Cattolica (145km), Milano Marittima (110km), Grosseto (160km), Livorno (190km), etc.

In Sansepolcro, hometown of Piero della Francesca, one of the greatest Italian painters of 15th century, the museum owns some of his most important masterpieces such as the Resurrection, St. Julian,Polyptyc of the Misericordia , etc. Few kilometres away is the village town of Monterchi where another important fresco of the artist can be admired, Madonna del Parto. The Fondazione Piero della Francesca is based in Sansepolcro in the house where the artist was born, which was requisitioned by the Italian state in 1975 and completely restored by the Superintendency of Environmental, Architectural, historical and cultural heritage of the town of Arezzo. Sansepolcro is not only the hometown of Piero della Francesca: its rich artistic and cultural heritage is tied to distinguished names like Luca Pacioli, one of the greatest mathematicians of the Renaissance, a former student of Piero della Francesca and friend of Leonardo da Vinci; Michelangelo Buonarroti, born in the nearby village town of Caprese Michelangelo was a notable painter, sculptor, architect and poet. The town of Sansepolcro is also renowned foreminent artists like Santi di Tito, Matteo di Giovanni, Raffaellin dal Colle, Alberti’s family, etc… Sansepolcro is also a town of very ancient traditions, such as Palio della