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TUSCANY, ITALYFLORENCEACCOMMODATIONS, HOTELS, BED AND BREAKFAST, HOSTELS, BUDGET HOTELS, GUEST HOUSES, ROOMS, APARTMENTS |
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ITALY INDEX
FLORENCE
USEFUL LINKS: Borghi di Toscana (A complete guide to Tuscany with photos and information)
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Florence (Firenze) (approximately 400,000 inhabitants, around 1,000,000 the metropolitan area) is the capital city of Tuscany, the city is considered the birthplace of the Italian Renaissance and is also famous for its magnificent art and architecture. Built on the site of an Etruscan settlement, Florence, the symbol of the Renaissance, rose to economic and cultural pre-eminence under the Medici in the 15th and 16th centuries. Its 600 years of extraordinary artistic activity can be seen above all in the 13th-century cathedral (Santa Maria del Fiore), Basilica of Santa Croce, Palazzo Vecchio, Uffizi Gallery and Pitti Palace. Florence displays work of great masters such as Giotto, Cimabue, Masaccio, Brunelleschi, Botticelli, Donatello, Beato Angelico, Paolo Uccello, Leonardo, Michelangelo just to say a few..... Unesco has inserted in the World-Heritage list the Historic Centre of Florence in 1982.
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