 Bibbiena
It was an important Etruscan town then a Medieval castle whose Torre dei Tarlati and the Porta dei Fabbri still exist.
In the town centre are fine buildings: Palazzo Mazzoleni, Palazzo Niccolini and Palazzo Dovizi, built by cardinal
Bernardo Dovizi, born in Bibbiena, secretary to Cardinal Giovanni de’Medici (later Pope Leone X).
Among the religious buildings are the church of San Lorenzo which contains glazed teracotta by the Della Robbia school, the rather Rococo Oratorio di San Francesco, the Pieve di Sant’Ippolito, once the chapel of the Tarlati castle, and the Santuario di Santa Maria del Sasso, one of the most important Renaissance buildings in the Casentino.
A special event is the Rievocazione della Mea (last Sunday of Carnival and Shrove Tuesday).
Website: www.comune.bibbiena.ar.it
Height: m. 425
Post-code: 52011
Km from: Arezzo 32, Firenze 62
Population: 10969
Telephone code: 0575
Useful Information
Public transport: From Arezzo private railway trains Arezzo-Pratovecchio-Stia; from Florence bus service
How to get there: Motorway A1 exit Arezzo then SS 71; from
Florence SS70 Passo della Consuma
Information: Tourist Information Office tel/fax 0575/593098
Points of interest
The important family of scene designers and architects Galli-Bibbiena, from Bibbiena, planned famous theatres in Italy, Germany, Austria and Portugal.
Weekly market
Weekly market: Thursday morning
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