Florence is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany.
The city lies on the River Arno and is known for its history and its
importance in the Middle Ages and in the Renaissance,
especially for its art and architecture. A centre of medieval
European trade and finance and one of the richest and wealthiest cities
of the time, Florence Show...
Florence is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany.
The city lies on the River Arno and is known for its history and its
importance in the Middle Ages and in the Renaissance,
especially for its art and architecture. A centre of medieval
European trade and finance and one of the richest and wealthiest cities
of the time, Florence is considered the birthplace of the Italian Renaissance; in fact, it has been called the Athens of the Middle Ages.
It was long under the de facto rule of the Medici family. From 1865 to 1870 the city
was also the capital of the Kingdom of Italy.
Tour operators experience brisk sales along with holiday travel insurance companies with tourist arrivals in Florence numbering over a million visitors anually.
Florence is widely regarded as one of the most beautiful cities in
the world, and its artistic, historic and cultural heritage and impact in the world remains vast up
to this day. The city has also a major European impact in music,
architecture, education, cuisine, fashion, philosophy, science and
religion.
The historic centre of Florence contains numerous elegant
squares,
Renaissance palaces , academies, parks, gardens, churches,
monasteries, museums, art galleries and ateliers. The city has also been
nominated, according to a 2007 study, as the most desirable destination
for tourists in the world.
The city boasts a wide range of collections of art, especially those
held in the Pitti Palace and the Uffizi,
(which receives about 1.6 million tourists a year).
Florence is arguably the last preserved Renaissance city in the world and is regarded by many as the art capital of Italy. It has been the
birthplace or chosen home of many notable historical figures, such as Dante, Boccaccio, Leonardo da Vinci, Botticelli, Niccolò Machiavelli, Brunelleschi, Michelangelo, Donatello, Galileo Galilei, Caterina dé Medici, Antonio Meucci, Guccio, Gucci, Salvatore Ferragamo and Roberto Cavalli.
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