The municipality of Anghiari is in the province of Arezzo, 429 over the sea level, and has a population of about 6000 inhabitants. It is a medieval village whose territory is bounded by the rivers Arno and Tiber and it is protected by heavy walls of the 13^th century that have characterised its history of impregnable bastion and bulwark of the "Tuscan nature" on a borderland.

The first trace of the small town in a document is on a parchment of 1048, preserved in the archive of Cittą di Castello, even if it probably developed as a small settlement in the Roman period. During the Middle ages Anghiari had its highest magnificence and political importance thanks to its strategic position. Secured on top of a hill and surrounded by impenetrable walls, Anghiari dominated the surrounding territory under the government of the Signori di Galbino first, and then of the Camaldolesi. The climax in the history of this municipality is the Battle of Anghiari in 1440, which ended with the victory of the Florentines against the Milanese.
In the town you can meet people in the small lanes and squares and you can visit shops, laboratories and antiques shops. Every year between the end of April and the beginning of May the local craftsmen of wood and iron, activities that have been always linked to Anghiari and to its territory, organise the "Handicrafts Fair of Valtiberina Toscana". Anghiari is also an important pole for the art of restoration of old furniture with a long tradition of antiquaries and expert restorers linked to the history of the local Art Institute.
The municipality has also dedicated a museum to its arts and crafts. While visiting Taglieschi Palace you can see the State Museum of popular arts and traditions, where frescoes, paintings, wooden sculptures, devotional statues and several kinds of handicrafts are preserved. You can also visit the Museum of the Battle of Anghiari and the Provostship of St. Maria delle Grazie, also called Church of Fosso, built in the 18^th century. The territory around Anghiari is also rich of charming Franciscan places, convents and hermitages deep in the green of the High Tiber that celebrate the places where the saint got the stigmata.