Discover Anghiari: Museums, History and Landscape

Anghiari between Art, History and Landscape

Anghiari combines historic sites with museums, traditional crafts and a diverse river landscape. A good starting point is the Museo Statale di Palazzo Taglieschi: it comprises around 20 rooms on four levels. The museum tour ends in a glass-enclosed loggia offering an elevated view over the village of Anghiari. In this way, the visit combines the exhibits with an unusual perspective on the town.

The collections themselves also reveal different aspects of local history. The Museo Statale di Palazzo Taglieschi houses an extensive collection of domestic and agricultural objects connected with the folk traditions of the surrounding area. The Museo della Battaglia e di Anghiari displays prehistoric tools as well as local archaeological finds from the Etruscan, Roman and early medieval periods. Weapons dating from the 16th century to the end of the 19th century are also on display.

Historic buildings form further stops in Anghiari. The semicircular tower erected during the expansion of the Church of Sant’Agostino in 1463 can now be accessed via a staircase. The bastion forms part of Anghiari’s eastern stretch of walls and was completed in 1571 by Filippo Spina Vicario. The origins of the Convento e Chiesa della Croce di Anghiari are linked to the figure of Saint Francis. The Antica Via di Ronda was a historic path north of Anghiari’s walls and now passes through the former 16th-century Sant’Agostino monastery.

If you prefer to combine history with physical activity, an official tour of the sites associated with the battle begins in Anghiari’s historic centre. It can be undertaken on foot or by bicycle. In Anghiari, the event is still commemorated today with the Palio on 29 June. The Busatti workshop in the cellars of Palazzo Morgolanti offers another way to experience local tradition. Old shuttle looms are still used there; a wide selection of particularly high-quality fabrics made from wool, hemp, linen and cotton is produced.

The Golena del Tevere is part of Anghiari’s natural landscape. It encompasses various habitats with riverside vegetation, as well as valuable wetlands created from disused gravel pits in the floodplain. Alongside the walls, museums and workshops, this places an area with its own distinctive natural character at the heart of how the town is experienced.

When choosing accommodation in Anghiari, you can give these highlights different weight according to your own travel rhythm: museums and architectural history favour a culture-focused stay, the official tour adds a walking or cycling route to the programme, and the Golena del Tevere provides a landscape-oriented accent. This makes it possible to choose a hotel in Anghiari that suits the themes you would particularly like to explore during your trip to Italy.

Discover other places in the surrounding area

Le Ville, Stia, Civitella In Val Di Chiana, Lucignano, Tregozzano, Pian Di Sco, Sansepolcro, San Clemente In Valle

For the higher-level travel overview: Arezzo.