"The Arezzo antiques fair, Italy's oldest and largest, takes place the weekend that includes the first Sunday of each month, just 40 miles from Florence. With 500 sellers from Calabria to Campania, Padua to Pistoia, merchandise fills the piazza, climbs up the hill to the cathedral and spills down the side streets past the Chiesa di San Francesco, home to Piero della Francesca's masterwork frescoes, ""The Legend of the True Cross."" The jewel-toned frescoes are reason enough to visit Arezzo.<br /><br />  Most items at the fair are from the 19th and early 20th century, but you can find treasures. A 15th century illustrated hymnal is not the memento for me, but it's in fine condition, pages intact. A few steps away I admire a beautiful replica of a 17th century Venetian intaglio dining table with three leaves, for $2,100. <br /><br />  -- Laura Deutsch<br /><br />  Read more: <a href=""/travel/la-tr-arezzo-20100328,0,5275985.story"">Antique-hunting in Arezzo, Italy</a>"
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