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Caprese Michelangelo is a village and comune
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Caprese Michelangelo is a village and comune
Comune

In Italy, the comune, is the basic administrative division of both provinces and regions, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality....
 in the province of Arezzo
Province of Arezzo

The Province of Arezzo or Arretium is the easternmost Provinces of Italy in the Tuscany region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Arezzo....
, Tuscany
Tuscany

Tuscany is a region in Italy. It has an area of and a population of about 3.6 million inhabitants. The regional capital is Florence.Tuscany is known for its landscapes and its artistic legacy....
, Italy
Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
. It is the birthplace of the renowned Renaissance artist Michelangelo. The village is roughly 100 km east of Florence.

Sights include: the 13th century church of St. John the Baptist, where Michelangelo was baptized; the ancient churches of San Cristoforo a Monna, San Paolo a Monna and Santi Ippolito and Cassiano; the abbey of San Martino a Tifi; the Michelangelo Museum and Library.