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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

“I got here as soon as I could,” said Fenton, who had been studying abroad in Arezzo, Italy, until his program was suspended at the onset of the pandemic.

From Washington Post • Jun. 4, 2021

Crucially, Poppea shows how far music’s social function had come since Guido of Arezzo put notation on the map.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall