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ANGHIARI - Main Monuments
Pretorio Palace
In the center nucleus of the town, this building shows signs of its origin on the front, with full arched windows, a large fresco situated under the loggia, and crests in stone and terracotta.
The ground floor was occupied by the prisons.
In fact, on the wall to the left of the stairs, there is a fresco representing Justice.
The Chapel of the Old Tribunal is noted for its frescos.
The Palace was part of the Rocca and was the residence of the mayor and deputies of the Florentine Republic up until 1386.
It was the seat of the Tribunal up until the last century when it became a Municipal.
Stefanelli, Doni, and Corsi Palaces in Corso Matteotti
Situated along the downhill or rather "Corso Matteotti", Stefanelli Palace is remarkable for its priceless frescos.
Along the same street you will encounter other palaces.
Palace Doni is a sixteenth century, building of impressive proportions, which hosted the Grand Duke Pietro Leopoldo.
Palace Corsi, today the seat of the Post Office, is part of the large seventh-hundred century complex desired by Benedetto Corsi and holds the Theater and the Corsi Chapel, later transformed into a Momument for the Fallen Soldiers.
Baldaccio Piazza and the Magi Gallery
Baldaccio Piazza, once called Piazza Mercatale.
Gets its name from the famous Anghiarian leader and has held an open market every Wednesday since 1388.
Next to the piazza is the downhill of Corso Matteotti, commisioned by the Bishop of Arezzo, Guido Tarlati, in the middle thirteenth century.
The Monument to Garibaldi dominates the piazza, a bronze work of art by Pietro Guerri weighing 3,000 kilos, placed there in 1914.
In front of the monument are the Colonne di Borgo, built below the house of Borgo di Matteo of the Rocca San Casciano dated back to 1466.
After the loggia was closed in to make room for a shop, the arches were reopened after its restoration in 1928.
In front of the Colonne di Borgo is the Galleria Girolamo Magi, built in 1882 to hold the covered market and exceptionally restored one hundred years later.
La Galleria, originally closed off on the side towards the Theater de Ricomposti, was opened allowing the passage between the Piazzas Baldaccio and IV Novembre, which face the Theater and the Chapel Corsi.
The Theater
Between Corso Matteotti and Viale Gramsci in Piazza IV Novembre is the unconfoundable building face of the local theater or better called "Teatro dei Ricomposti".
To understand why this theater exists we can say that Benedetto Corsi (1745-1803) wanted to project a park behind his own palace and to do this he had to purchase some existing houses on the site and then have them demolished.
In 1774 he erected a chapel in the piazza, the Chapel Corsi, which soon after followed with the construction of a theater, finished in 1790, whose productions could be enjoyed by his guests along with his twelve children, contributing towards their education as well.
Another reason that this theater exists is more understandable by the fact that in those days public theaters were prohibited.
It was then Corsi's own children who often opened the doors of the theater to the citizens of Anghiari, who could take advantage of one of the most beautiful theaters in Tuscany.
In 1810 the theater was sold to a private associate group under the name of "Compagnia dei Ricomposti" then ninety years later the Municipal of Anghiari purchased the entire property.
At the beginning of the 1900's other interventions were made that revolutionized the road system in that part of the town and at the same time the entrance to the theater was planned with the construction of the monumental internal staircase.
In 1985 the complete restoration of the building began, from the front of the building to the dome painted in fresco with thirty-eight balconies and the theater's plateau. A task that gave back to Anghiari its magical theater.
With a capacity of 220 able to transmit a direct contact between actors and spectators making for a special atmosphere that accompanies every show.
Today the theater is seat to the "Associazione teatro Stabile of Anghiari".
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