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Cortona Destination Guide

Touring Cortona in Italy

Cortona in the region of Tuscany with its 22,707 citizens is located in Italy - some 99 mi or ( 159 km ) North of Rome , the country's capital city .

Interactive map of Cortona

Time in Cortona is now 02:47 PM (Thursday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/Rome " with a UTC offset of 1 hours. Depending on your budget, these more prominent places might be interesting for you: Villa Contea Valentini, Tuoro sul Trasimeno, Rome, Rimini, and Ravenna. Being here already, consider visiting Villa Contea Valentini . We collected some hobby film on the internet . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Check out our recommendations for Cortona ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

Cortona, Italy - Frances Mayes had it right

1:19 min by travelrabbit
Views: 34457 Rating: 4.35

A quick peek at Cortona, Italy, the city made infamous by Frances Mayes and 'Under the Tuscan Sun' presented by www.travelrabbit.net ..

Cortona, Italy: Rustic and Romantic

3:18 min by RickSteves
Views: 11330 Rating: 4.90

Cortona has a history that goes back 2500 years to Etruscan times. It grew to its present size between the 13th and 15th centuries, when it was a colorful and crowded city. And while an extremely popu ..


lago trasimeno Italy

2:29 min by noodzaak
Views: 9184 Rating: 4.75

A short impression of the cities in the trasimeno area ..

EP. #100 Cortona, Italy - Day Trip [1/3]

8:51 min by aroadretraveled
Views: 4068 Rating: 5.00

(For Full Episode: www.ARoadRetraveled.com) part 1 - Making the most of a day trip to Cortona, the beautiful and popular Tuscan hilltop town. ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Cortona Cathedral

Cortona Cathedral (Italian: Duomo di Cortona, Concattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta) is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Cortona, Tuscany, central Italy, dedicated to the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. It was the seat of the Bishops of Cortona from 1507 to 1986, and is now a co-cathedral in the present Diocese of Arezzo-Cortona-Sansepolcro.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 43.28 11.98 (Lat./Long.); Less than 0 km away
Tags: Cathedrals in Italy, Churches in Tuscany, Province of Arezzo

Camucia

Camucia is a small town in Tuscany in central Italy. It is a frazione of Cortona. Sitting at the base of the hill on which Cortona lies, it serves as the railway station for the historic town, on the main Florence - Rome line.

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Located at 43.27 11.97 (Lat./Long.); Less than 2 km away
Tags: Cities and towns in Tuscany, Frazioni of the Province of Arezzo

Montecchio Vesponi

Montecchio Vesponi is a small village part of the municipality of Castiglion Fiorentino, province of Arezzo. Located 4 km south of Castiglion Fiorentino, lies in a hill at the bottom of Chio valley, 364 m above sea level, there resides 1200 inhabitants.

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Located at 43.32 11.93 (Lat./Long.); Less than 7 km away
Tags: Province of Arezzo

Valdichiana

The Val di Chiana, Valdichiana, or Chiana Valley is an alluvial valley of central Italy, lying on the territories of the provinces of Arezzo and Siena in Tuscany and the provinces of Perugia and Terni in Umbria.

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Located at 43.25 11.82 (Lat./Long.); Less than 14 km away
Tags: Geography of Tuscany, Valleys of Tuscany

Isola Minore

Isola Minore, known until the twentieth century simply as l'isoletta (‘the little island’), is the smallest of the three islands of Lago Trasimeno in central Italy, and the closest to Passignano sul Trasimeno within whose municipal boundaries it lies. It rises to about 20 metres above the level of the lake (itself 258 m above sea level), and takes the form of a comma with dimensions of about 450 x 260 m and an area of some 5 hectares. It is about 470 m NE of the larger island of Isola Maggiore.

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Located at 43.18 12.10 (Lat./Long.); Less than 14 km away
Tags: Geography of Umbria, Islands of the Trasimeno Lake, Lake islands of Europe, Province of Perugia

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Historical Weather

temperature and rainfall during the year in Cortona