CORTONA CORTONA A photostory from Cortona, Italy. CORTONA, ITALY - JULY 19, 2010: The heart of Cortona with the Palazzo Communale and it's impressive tower at the Piazza della Repubblica. CORTONA, ITALY - JULY 17, 2010: Reportage on Cortona and Frances Mayes, always present in the streets of Cortona. CORTONA, ITALY - JULY 18, 2010: Handmade shoes of Maledetti Toscani (darned ans), established in 1848. CORTONA, ITALY CORTONA, ITALY - JULY 20, 2010: Cortona, Restaurant "Al Pozzo Anticho" (at the old well). The resataurant is part of the Palazzo Hotel "Dolce Maria". CORTONA, ITALY CORTONA, ITALY - JULY 15, 2010: Restaurant "Al Pozzo Anticho" (at the antique well) situated in a cosy courtyard, belongs to Palazzo-Hotel "Dolce Maria" in Cortona. CORTONA CORTONA, ITALY - JULY 17, 2010: Piazza della Repubblica at night. CORTONA, ITALY - JULY 17, 2010: Restaurant "La Logetta". CORTONA, ITALY - JULY 20, 2010: Piazza della Repubblica seen from the bell tower. CORTONA, ITALY - JULY 16, 2010: Sunset in the streets of Cortona. CORTONA, ITALY - JULY 17, 2010: Wine tasting with Marco Molessini at the Piazza della Repubblica in Cortona. CORTONA, ITALY - JULY 17, 2010: Winebarrels in the corner of an alley. CORTONA, ITALY - JULY 19, 2010: Reportage on Cortona and Frances Mayes, bust of the Renaissance Painter Luca Signorelli in Cortona. CORTONA, ITALY - JULY 18, 2010: Teatro Signorelli, Cortona. CORTONA, ITALY - JULY 18, 2010: The Tabula cortonensis is the third longest Etruscan text, documenting a sale of a piece of land bought by the oil merchant petru sceva? and his wife arntlei. Although the exact circumstances of the discovery of the tablets are not entirely clear yet, rumor has it that a farmer found them on his land and wanted to be paid for them, thus holding back one of the tablets. Since the authorities did not pay him, he never gave them the last tablet. CORTONA, ITALY - JULY 18, 2010: The best known exhibit at the etruscan museum is a sixteen armed bronze chandelier of the 4th century b.c. It was devoted to the etrsucan Zeus "Tin". CORTONA, ITALY - JULY 18, 2010: Etruscan excavation site,"la tomba primo del sodo". Casafredda_04-2019 CORTONA, ITALY - JULY 20, 2010: Sunflower field, Cortona. CORTONA, ITALY - JULY 19, 2010: Monastery "Le Celle", one of the first settlements of the Franciscan monks. CORTONA, ITALY - JULY 17, 2010: The old roman road in Cortona. CORTONA, ITALY - JULY 17, 2010: The house "Bramasole" with garden of the US bestseller author Frances Mayes; the house is know from her book "Under the Tuscan Sun". CORTONA, ITALY - JULY 16, 2010: Fraces Mayes, bestseller author (especially known for her book Under the Sun) in her house "Bramasole" in Cortona. CORTONA, ITALY - JULY 18, 2010: Basilica Santa Margherita (also a monastery).