Meet Tatiana, one of the more than 500 vendors who travel from all over Italy to sell their wares at the Arezzo Antique/Flea Market. The market is held in the vast Piazza Grande and countless side streets the first Sunday of every month and the Saturday before. Except for September, when Arezzo hosts the yearly jousting match. If you don’t know Arezzo here’s the lowdown: it’s about 50 miles southeast of Florence, the seat of its own Tuscan province. There’s much medieval art to see in Arezzo, including Piero Della Francesco’s frescoes. The town is beautiful. It was the location for the Academy-award winning movie, “Life is Beautiful”.
On a future trip to Italy, try just once to visit the Arezzo Antique/Flea Market. It makes many of those lists of the best flea markets in Europe. There’s something for everyone here: artwork, furniture, pots, dishes, jewelry, bric-a-brac of all sorts, antique-whatevers, cloth, dolls, engravings, postcards. All of it fascinating–and fun.
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