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Sansepolcro (former Borgo Santo Sepolcro), is a town and commune in 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....
, 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....
.

Situated on the Tiber
Tiber

The Tiber is the third-longest river in Italy, rising in the Apennine mountains in Emilia-Romagna and flowing 406 kilometres through Umbria and Lazio to the Tyrrhenian Sea....
 river, it was the birthplace of the painters Piero della Francesca
Piero della Francesca

Piero della Francesca was an Italian artist of the Italian Renaissance. To contemporaries, he was known as a mathematician and geometer as well as an artist, though now he is chiefly appreciated for his art....
, Raffaellino del Colle
Raffaellino del Colle

Raffaellino del Colle was an Italy Mannerism painter active mostly in Umbria. He was born in Colle, near Borgo Sansepolcro in Tuscany.He is also called Raffaellino della Colle....
 (a pupil of Raphael
Raphael

Raphael Sanzio, usually known by his first name alone was an Italy Painting and architect of the High Renaissance, celebrated for the perfection and grace of his paintings and drawings....
) and Angiolo Tricca
Angiolo Tricca

Angiolo Tricca was an Italy caricaturist and Painting of historical themes. His best known works are the caricatures of Italian artists who attended the Michelangiolo Caf? in Florence ....
. It was also the birthplace of the Italian mathematician
Mathematician

A mathematician is a person whose primary area of study and/or research is the field of mathematics....
 Luca Pacioli
Luca Pacioli

Fra Luca Bartolomeo de Pacioli was an Italy mathematician and Franciscan friar, collaborator with Leonardo da Vinci, and seminal contributor to the field now known as accounting....
.

Economy is based on agriculture. Industry includes manufacturing, food processing and pharmaceutics. It is the home of Buitoni pasta which was founded by Giulia Buitoni in 1827.

History
According to the tradition, the town was founded around 1000 AD by two pilgrims (Arcanus and Aegidius), who founded here an oratory (where now is the Cathedral) during their homecoming from the Holy Land
Holy Land

The Holy Land , generally refers to the geographical region of the Levant called Land of Canaan or Land of Israel in the Bible, and constitutes the Promised land....
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Sansepolcro (former Borgo Santo Sepolcro), is a town and commune in 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....
, 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....
.

Situated on the Tiber
Tiber

The Tiber is the third-longest river in Italy, rising in the Apennine mountains in Emilia-Romagna and flowing 406 kilometres through Umbria and Lazio to the Tyrrhenian Sea....
 river, it was the birthplace of the painters Piero della Francesca
Piero della Francesca

Piero della Francesca was an Italian artist of the Italian Renaissance. To contemporaries, he was known as a mathematician and geometer as well as an artist, though now he is chiefly appreciated for his art....
, Raffaellino del Colle
Raffaellino del Colle

Raffaellino del Colle was an Italy Mannerism painter active mostly in Umbria. He was born in Colle, near Borgo Sansepolcro in Tuscany.He is also called Raffaellino della Colle....
 (a pupil of Raphael
Raphael

Raphael Sanzio, usually known by his first name alone was an Italy Painting and architect of the High Renaissance, celebrated for the perfection and grace of his paintings and drawings....
) and Angiolo Tricca
Angiolo Tricca

Angiolo Tricca was an Italy caricaturist and Painting of historical themes. His best known works are the caricatures of Italian artists who attended the Michelangiolo Caf? in Florence ....
. It was also the birthplace of the Italian mathematician
Mathematician

A mathematician is a person whose primary area of study and/or research is the field of mathematics....
 Luca Pacioli
Luca Pacioli

Fra Luca Bartolomeo de Pacioli was an Italy mathematician and Franciscan friar, collaborator with Leonardo da Vinci, and seminal contributor to the field now known as accounting....
.

Economy is based on agriculture. Industry includes manufacturing, food processing and pharmaceutics. It is the home of Buitoni pasta which was founded by Giulia Buitoni in 1827.

History


According to the tradition, the town was founded around 1000 AD by two pilgrims (Arcanus and Aegidius), who founded here an oratory (where now is the Cathedral) during their homecoming from the Holy Land
Holy Land

The Holy Land , generally refers to the geographical region of the Levant called Land of Canaan or Land of Israel in the Bible, and constitutes the Promised land....
. First historical mentions are slightly later, referring to the Benedictine
Benedictine

Benedictine refers to the spirituality and consecrated life in accordance with the Rule of St Benedict, written by Benedict of Nursia in the sixth century for the cenobitic communities he founded in central Italy....
 Abbey built in that period. The historical centre Sansepolcro reached its current size around 1400, and in 1500 received its walls by Giuliano da Sangallo
Giuliano da Sangallo

Giuliano da Sangallo was an Italy sculptor, architect and military engineer active during the Italian Renaissance.He was born in Florence. His father Francesco Giamberti was a woodworker and architect, much employed by Cosimo de Medici, and his brother Antonio da Sangallo the Elder and nephew Antonio da Sangallo the Younger were architec...
. The city was ruled by the Milan
Duchy of Milan

The Duchy of Milan was a state in northern Italy from 1394 to 1797. It was part of the Holy Roman Empire, by then a decentralised entity, and was ruled by several dynasties, most of them major powers from outside Italy....
, the Malatesta
Malatesta

Malatesta may refer to:*The House of Malatesta, an Italy family which ruled over Rimini from the thirteenth to the fifteenth century*Errico Malatesta , an Italian anarchism...
 Family, and then by Florence
Florence

Florence is the Capital city of the Italy Regions of Italy of Tuscany and of the provinces of Italy Province of Florence. It is the most populous city in Tuscany and has a population of 364,779 ....
.

See also

  • Diocese of Sansepolcro
    Diocese of Sansepolcro

    The Diocese of Sansepolcro was a Roman Catholic diocese in Italy.It was erected in 1515 and in 1986 was united with the diocese of Arezzo-Cortona-Sansepolcro....


Main sights

English writer Aldous Huxley
Aldous Huxley

Aldous Leonard Huxley was an English writer and one of the most prominent members of the famous Huxley family. He spent the later part of his life in the United States, living in Los Angeles from 1937 until his death in 1963....
 described the Resurrection
Resurrection (Piero della Francesca)

The Resurrection is a painting by the Italian Renaissance master Piero della Francesca, finished around 1460. It is housed in the Museo Civico of Sansepolcro , the artist's hometown....
 by Piero della Francesca
Piero della Francesca

Piero della Francesca was an Italian artist of the Italian Renaissance. To contemporaries, he was known as a mathematician and geometer as well as an artist, though now he is chiefly appreciated for his art....
 which is in the Museo Civico as "the greatest painting in the world". It also houses other work by Piero della Francesca
Piero della Francesca

Piero della Francesca was an Italian artist of the Italian Renaissance. To contemporaries, he was known as a mathematician and geometer as well as an artist, though now he is chiefly appreciated for his art....
 and by Santi di Tito
Santi di Tito

Santi di Tito was an Italy painter of Late-Mannerism or proto-Baroque style, what is sometimes referred to as Contra-Maniera.Biography...
, Raffaellino del Colle
Raffaellino del Colle

Raffaellino del Colle was an Italy Mannerism painter active mostly in Umbria. He was born in Colle, near Borgo Sansepolcro in Tuscany.He is also called Raffaellino della Colle....
 and Luca Signorelli
Luca Signorelli

Luca Signorelli was an Italian Renaissance Painting who was noted in particular for his ability as a draughtsman and his use of foreshortening....
.

Sansepolcro escaped artillery fire during World War II
World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a Participants in World War II, including all of the great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War II and the Axis powers....
 because the British captain charged with the task had read the essay by Huxley.

Sister cities

  • Neuchâtel
    Neuchâtel

    Neuch?tel is the Capital of the Swiss Cantons of Switzerland of Neuch?tel on Lake Neuch?tel.The city has approximately 31,500 inhabitants , by and large French-speaking, although the city is sometimes referred to historically by the German language name , which has the same meaning, since Prussia ruled the area until 1848....
    , Switzerland
    Switzerland

    Switzerland is a landlocked Swiss Alps country of roughly 7.7 million people in Western Europe with an area of 41,285 km?. Switzerland is a federal republic consisting of 26 states called Cantons of Switzerland....
  • Neuves-Maisons
    Neuves-Maisons

    Neuves-Maisons is a Communes of France in the Meurthe-et-Moselle Departments of France in northeastern France....
    , France
    France

    France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
  • Sinj
    Sinj

    Sinj is a town in the continental part of Split-Dalmatia county, Croatia, at . The town itself has a population of 11,468 , while the population of the administrative municipality which includes surrounding villages is 25,373 ....
    , Croatia
    Croatia

    Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a Central European country at the crossroads of Pannonian Plain, Balkans, and the Mediterranean Sea....


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