Accademia Petrarca

Disappointing, but not worth the visit except for the well mentioned in the decameron.

At the entrance you can see a video that explains the significance of the house for Petrarch. Outside you can see the well mentioned in the Decameron. Unfortunately apart from this there is not much e...

If you don't expect from this visit much more than the Petrarch's memory, it will be satisfactory.

This building is currently home to the "Accademia Petrarca", a renowned cultural society founded in Arezzo in 1787 and still very active, taking its name from what is probably the most famous person b...

Not for everyone

Sorry to say but this attraction did not do much for me. I gather it holds serious interest for literary Italians and perhaps scholars who feel Petrarca influenced particularly poets some centuries la...

Francesco Redi lived here, too

The short film on Petrarch is instructive, if basic. The library rooms are attractive, even if they are later constructions, or even reproductions. For me, the revelation was that Francesco Redi als...

A lovely collection of books

There wasn't much to see here. The old books were interesting, as was the short video on Petrarca. Twenty minutes maximum.