Arezzo - Casa del Petrarca

In the same block as the Palazzo Pretorio, in Via dell'Orto, is the Casa del Petrarca, said to be the birthplace of the poet (1304-74). In fact the building dates only from the 17th century. The building, largely destroyed during the Second World War but rebuilt in 1948, is now the headquarters of the celebrated Accadémia Petrarca di Léttere, Arti e Scienze.