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Arezzo

American  
[uh-ret-soh, ah-ret-tsaw] / əˈrɛt soʊ, ɑˈrɛt tsɔ /

noun

  1. a city in central Italy.


Arezzo British  
/ aˈrettso, əˈrɛtsəʊ /

noun

  1. Ancient Latin name: Arretium.  a city in central Italy, in E Tuscany. Pop: 91 589 (2001)

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According to the Italian article, NWA 16788, was "sold by the local community to an international dealer" and was then transferred to a private gallery in the Italian city of Arezzo.

From BBC • Aug. 9, 2025

San Donato Hospital in Arezzo, a city in the central region of Tuscany, said it had seen a 10% increase in emergency room admissions in the past four or five days.

From Reuters • Jul. 19, 2023

The first, which arrives in September, tells the story of the Guido of Arezzo, the 11th century Benedictine monk who invented staff notation, which enabled music to be written down for the first time.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2022

“That happiness in 1982, I still remember it,” said Simona Rossi, a teacher from the nearby city of Arezzo who was visiting the museum with her family.

From New York Times • Jul. 9, 2021

It took an Italian monk, immortalised as Guido of Arezzo, to crack the code in around ad iooo and give Western music its unique system of notation, still in use today.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall