Cortona, Italy City Guide

For over 20 years, Pamela Lanier's Cortona, Italy Travel Guide has been your connection to Cortona's tourism community with invaluable details on local attractions, restaurants, shopping, museums, history, outdoor recreation and more.

History

Cortona’s preserved walls are said to be nearly 3000 years old. Once one of the twelve cities of Etruria, Cortona took part in all the wars against Rome until 310 B.C. when Fabius Rullianus defeated the Etruscans and took Perugia. New findings at Melone II, an Etruscan tomb in the valley below the city, suggests that Cortona may have been an even more important city center than previously believed. At the end of the 4th century B.C. Cortona formed an alliance with Rome, in order to gain its citizenship. In 450 Cortona was conquered by the Gothes, but it began its development in the 12th century, when it became a commune, known for its arts and crafts. In the 14th century, Cortona was governed by the Casali and later became part of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany. The city claims to be "the mother of Troy and grandmother of Rome.”
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