Terranuova Bracciolini is a ''
comune
A (; : , ) is an administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions () and provinces (). The can also have the City status in Italy, titl ...
'' (municipality) in the
Province of Arezzo
The province of Arezzo () is a province in the Tuscany region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Arezzo. The province is bordered by the regions of Marche, Emilia-Romagna, Umbria, and the provinces Siena and Florence of Tuscany. It has an area ...
in the
Italian
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region
Tuscany
Tuscany ( ; ) is a Regions of Italy, region in central Italy with an area of about and a population of 3,660,834 inhabitants as of 2025. The capital city is Florence.
Tuscany is known for its landscapes, history, artistic legacy, and its in ...
, located about southeast of
Florence
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Florence ...
and about northwest of
Arezzo
Arezzo ( , ; ) is a city and ''comune'' in Italy and the capital of the Province of Arezzo, province of the same name located in Tuscany. Arezzo is about southeast of Florence at an elevation of Above mean sea level, above sea level. As of 2 ...
.
Terranuova Bracciolini borders the following municipalities:
Castelfranco Piandiscò
Castelfranco Piandiscò is a municipality (''comune'') in the province of Arezzo, Tuscany, central Italy. It was created on 1 January 2014 from the merger of previous ''comuni'' of Castelfranco di Sopra and Pian di Scò.
It is located about sout ...
,
Castiglion Fibocchi
Castiglion Fibocchi () is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Arezzo in the Italian region Tuscany, located about southeast of Florence and about northwest of Arezzo.
Castiglion Fibocchi borders the following municipalities: Arezzo, C ...
,
Laterina Pergine Valdarno
Laterina Pergine Valdarno is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Arezzo in the Italian region Tuscany
Tuscany ( ; ) is a Regions of Italy, region in central Italy with an area of about and a population of 3,660,834 inhabitants ...
,
Loro Ciuffenna
Loro Ciuffenna is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Arezzo in the Italian region Tuscany, located about southeast of Florence and about northwest of Arezzo.
Loro Ciuffenna borders the following municipalities: Castel Focognano, ...
,
Montevarchi
Montevarchi is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Arezzo, Tuscany, Italy.
History
The town of Montevarchi sprang up around 1100, near to a fortified Benedictine monastery, founded by bishop Elempert (986–1010) of Arezzo. At first the cas ...
,
San Giovanni Valdarno
San Giovanni Valdarno is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Arezzo, Tuscany, central Italy, located in the valley of the Arno River.
History
According to the Italian medieval historian Giovanni Villani, the town was founded in 1296, by t ...
.
Known historically as just Terranuova, the municipality was the birthplace in 1380 of the famed early humanist
Poggio Bracciolini
Gian Francesco Poggio Bracciolini (; 11 February 1380 – 30 October 1459), usually referred to simply as Poggio Bracciolini, was an Italian scholar and an early Renaissance humanism, Renaissance humanist. He is noted for rediscovering and recove ...
, for which it was renamed in 1862.
References
External links
Official website
Cities and towns in Tuscany
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