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Florence Tourists Visit Piero della Francesca’s “Resurrection”

By Drooid · Oct 11, 2026, 6:14 AM UTC · How we work

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Travelers left Florence at 8:30 a.m. to view Piero della Francesca’s 15th-century fresco “The Resurrection” in Sansepolcro.
Aldous Huxley called the fresco “the world’s greatest picture” in his 1925 book “Along the Road”.
The itinerary also included Monterchi’s “Madonna del Parto” fresco and Arezzo’s “Legend of the True Cross” cycle.
Travelers aimed to return to Florence by 6:30 p.m. for Negronis after a 140-mile loop.

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Travelers left Florence at 8:30 a.m. to view Piero della Francesca’s 15th-century fresco “The Resurrection” in Sansepolcro.
Aldous Huxley called the fresco “the world’s greatest picture” in his 1925 book “Along the Road”.
The itinerary also included Monterchi’s “Madonna del Parto” fresco and Arezzo’s “Legend of the True Cross” cycle.
Travelers aimed to return to Florence by 6:30 p.m. for Negronis after a 140-mile loop.