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Walking tour of CORTONA, TUSCANY | [4K] WITH DESCRIPTION

Cortona is one of the most famous fortified towns in the Valdichiana, it is considered one of the best architecturally preserved medieval towns nestled on a hill from which you can push your gaze over the Valdichiana. Cortona will remain in your heart with its charm of the charming village of Etruscan origin Cortona's history dates back to the Etruscan civilization, which took advantage of the town's strategic location to control adjacent territories and built the imposing defensive walls to protect it from enemy attacks. After the arrival of the Romans and subsequent occupation, a period of instability began that lasted the first centuries of the Middle Ages. At the beginning of the second millennium Cortona became a free municipality, and alliances and wars with other cities in the disputes between Guelphs and Ghibellines were not long in coming. Beginning in the fifteenth century, Cortona fell under the rule of Florence undergoing artistic influences of the Renaissance. The historic center of Cortona was enriched with valuable architectural works, and in the following centuries, until the Risorgimento, the city was the subject of political and territorial disputes between foreign powers. We arrived late, almost at dusk for a short tour of the city the other video on Cortona is about the abbey founded by St. Francis, here:    • WALKING TOUR OF THE ABBEY OF CORTONA FOUND...   We are Gloria & Antonio, we live in Pienza and we want to show you the wonders of Tuscany #travel #walking #tuscany #maremma #beautifuldestinations Music: 'Wayfarer' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au 'A kind of Hope' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au 'Within our nature' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au 'Bring me the sky' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au