Famous people

The long series of famous people who were either born in Casentino or lived or worked there includes outstanding figures from many fields, literature, art, history, music, architecture, hagiography, and others. Among the best known are Dante Alighieri, Cardinal Dovizi, Dino Campana, Gabriele D’Annunzio, Tommaso Crudeli, the Della Robbias, Giorgio Vasari, Michelangelo, Paolo Uccello, the Counts Guidi, Guido d’Arezzo, the Bibienas, St Romuald, St Francis, and St Torello.