Terranuova Bracciolini is a ''
comune
The (; plural: ) is a local administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions ('' regioni'') and provinces (''province''). The can also ...
'' (municipality) in the
Province of Arezzo
The province of Arezzo ( it, provincia di Arezzo) is the easternmost province in the Tuscany region of central Italy. Its capital is the city of Arezzo. The province is bordered by the regions of Marche, Emilia-Romagna, Umbria, and the provinces ...
in the
Italian
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region
Tuscany
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, located about southeast of
Florence
Florence ( ; it, Firenze ) is a city in Central Italy and the capital city of the Tuscany region. It is the most populated city in Tuscany, with 383,083 inhabitants in 2016, and over 1,520,000 in its metropolitan area.Bilancio demografico ...
and about northwest of
Arezzo
Arezzo ( , , ) , also ; ett, 𐌀𐌓𐌉𐌕𐌉𐌌, Aritim. is a city and '' comune'' in Italy and the capital of the province of the same name located in Tuscany. Arezzo is about southeast of Florence at an elevation of above sea lev ...
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Terranuova Bracciolini borders the following municipalities:
Castelfranco Piandiscò
Castelfranco Piandiscò is a commune in the province of Arezzo, Tuscany, central Italy. It was created on 1 January 2014 from the merger of previous ''comuni'' of Castelfranco di Sopra and Pian di Scò.
It is located about southeast of Florence ...
,
Castiglion Fibocchi
Castiglion Fibocchi () is a '' comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Arezzo in the Italian region Tuscany, located about southeast of Florence and about northwest of Arezzo.
Castiglion Fibocchi borders the following municipalities: Arezzo ...
,
Laterina Pergine Valdarno,
Loro Ciuffenna
Loro Ciuffenna is a '' comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Arezzo in the Italian region Tuscany, located about southeast of Florence and about northwest of Arezzo.
Loro Ciuffenna borders the following municipalities: Castel Focognano ...
,
Montevarchi
Montevarchi is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Arezzo, Tuscany, Italy.
History
The town of Montevarchi sprang up around 1100, near to a fortified Benedictine monastery, founded by bishop Elempert (986–1010) of Arezzo. At first the cas ...
,
San Giovanni Valdarno
San Giovanni Valdarno is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Arezzo, Tuscany, central Italy, located in the valley of the Arno River.
History
According to the Italian medieval historian Giovanni Villani, the town was founded in 1296, by th ...
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Known historically as just Terranuova, the municipality was the birthplace in 1380 of the famed early humanist
Poggio Bracciolini
Gian Francesco Poggio Bracciolini (11 February 1380 – 30 October 1459), usually referred to simply as Poggio Bracciolini, was an Italian scholar and an early Renaissance humanist. He was responsible for rediscovering and recovering many clas ...
, for which it was renamed in 1862.
References
External links
Official website
Cities and towns in Tuscany
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