- Pratovecchio
Infobox CityIT
img_coa = Pratovecchio-Stemma.gif
official_name = Comune di Pratovecchio
region =Tuscany
province = Arezzo (AR)
elevation_m = 420
area_total_km2 = 75.39
population_as_of = 2005
population_total = 3109
population_density_km2 = 41.24
timezone = CET, UTC+1
coordinates = coord|43|47|N|11|43|E
frazioni = Campolombardo, Casalino, Castel Castagnaio, Gualdo, Lonnano, San Donato, Tartiglia, Valiana, Villa
telephone = 0575
postalcode = 52015
gentilic = Pratovecchini
saint =
day =January 1
mayor = Gianni Verdi (since May 2006)
website = [http://www.pratovecchio.net www.pratovecchio.net]Pratovecchio is a town and "
comune " in theprovince of Arezzo ,Tuscany .History
Dono di Paolo, father of the Florentine artist
Paolo Uccello , was a barber-surgeon from Pratovecchio. Dono moved toFlorence and became a citizen there in 1373.Main sights
*Monastery and church of "San Giovanni Evangelista" (1134). Renovated in the 17th century, it has a Baroque portal and a single nave. Artworks include an "Coronation of the Virgin" by
Giovanni Bizzelli (1600) and an "Assumption" by the Master of Pratovecchio (mid-15th century).
*Church of "San Biagio", in Ama. Built in the 11th century in Romanesque style, is has a Gothic portal
*Church of "Santi Vito e Modesto", in Lonnano (12th century).
*"Santa Maria a Poppiena", at Poppiena, documented from 1099, in Romanesque style (notable the facade rose window). The apse is introduced by an arch and has three mullioned windows decorated in alabaster stones. It houses a 15th century "Annunciation" by Giovanni dal Ponte and fragment of a 14th century fresco of "Madonna Enthroned with Child".
*Monastery of "Santa Maria della Neve", founded in 1567.
*"Pieve di San Pietro a Romena", in Romena. The church was built in the 12th century. Notable are the capitals decoration of the interiors (1152). The edifice is flanked by the late-Romanesque baptistery.
*Church of "San Romolo", at Valiana, founded in 1126. It is in Romanesque style. It houses a noteworthy "Pietà" by an unknown master, dating from the late 14th-early 15th centuries.Twin towns
*flagicon|GER
Uffenheim ,Germany , since 1983
*flagicon|PalestineBethlehem ,Palestine , since 1993
*flagicon|ISRMa'alot-Tarshiha ,Israel , since 2005External links
* [http://www.pratovecchio.net/ Official website]
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