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    Palazzo della Fraternita dei Laici is a 14th-century palace in Arezzo, located in the beautiful Piazza Grande. The palace houses the organization of Fraternita dei Laici, an institution founded in 1262, still active today and very involved in projects of social and cultural interest.

     

    SHORT HISTORY

    The palace, started in 1375, was completed only in the second half of the 16th century. Between 1550 and 1560, the facade was finished with the construction of the balcony and the lunar phases of the Aristotelian-Ptolemaic clock, built in 1552 by Felice di Salvatore Vannucci.

    The part of the palace towards the apse of the Church of Santa Maria della Pieve was completed in the second half of the 16th century, following a project by Giorgio Vasari.

    The renovation of Palazzo della Fraternita in 1781, supported by the Grand Duke Pietro Leopoldo di Lorena, led to the opening of the Library to the public.

    Today, the palace houses the Fraternita dei Laici Museum, reopened in 2010.

     

    ART AND ARCHITECTURE

    The original painting of Christ from the external lunette of the central portal, work of Spinello Aretino, was replaced by a copy at the end of the 1970s, and is now in the National Museum of Medieval and Modern Art of Arezzo.

    The group of sculptures with the Madonna della Misericordia, Saints Lorentino and Pergentino, patrons of the Fraternity, and on either side with Saint Donatus and Pope Gregory X, protectors of the city of Arezzo, is work of the sculptor Bernardo Rossellino.

    Inside, the palace still preserves priceless works of art, such as the fresco Maestà, a work by Parri Spinelli of 1448. The fresco is located in the Audience Hall (Sala dell’Udienza), on the ground floor.

    The mural painting of Pallas Athena by Angelo Ricci is located in a niche in front of the entrance.

     

    HOW TO GET THERE

    Palazzo della Fraternita dei Laici is located about 950 meters away from the Arezzo railway station. The closest bus stop is Viale Buozzi Opp 5 – Prato, on the bus Line CS2, located about 250 meters away.

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