Firenze

Firenze

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Florence ( FLORR-ənss; Italian: Firenze [fiˈrɛntse] ) is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany. It is also the most populated city in Tuscany, with 362,353 inhabitants, and 989,460 in its metropolitan province as of 2025. Florence was a centre of medieval European trade and finance and one of the wealthiest cities of that era. It is considered by many academics to have been the birthplace of the Renaissance, becoming a major artistic, cultural, commercial, political, economic and financial center. During this time, Florence rose to a position of enormous influence in Italy, Europe, and beyond. Its turbulent political history includes periods of rule by the powerful Medici family and numerous religious and republican revolutions. From 1865 to 1871 the city served as the capital of the Kingdom of Italy. The Florentine dialect forms the base of standard Italian and it became the language of culture throughout Italy due to the prestige of the masterpieces by Dante Alighieri, Petrarch, Giovanni Boccaccio, Niccolò Machiavelli and Francesco Guicciardini. Florence attracts millions of tourists each year, and UNESCO declared the Historic Centre of Florence a World Heritage Site in 1982. The city is noted for its culture, Renaissance art and architecture and monuments. The city also contains numerous museums and art galleries, such as the Uffizi Gallery and the Palazzo Pitti, and still exerts an influence in the fields of art, culture and politics. Due to Florence's artistic and architectural heritage, Forbes ranked it as one of the most beautiful cities in the world in 2010. Florence plays an important role in Italian fashion, and is ranked in the top 15 fashion capitals of the world by Global Language Monitor; furthermore, it is a major national economic centre, as well as a tourist and industrial hub.

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Parco Mediceo di Pratolino

Parco Mediceo di Pratolino

The Villa di Pratolino was a Renaissance patrician villa in Vaglia, Tuscany, Italy. It was mostly demolished in 1822. Its …

Villa La Petraia

Villa La Petraia

Villa La Petraia is one of the Medici villas in Castello, Florence, Tuscany, central Italy. It has a distinctive 19th-century …

Villa del Poggio Imperiale

Villa del Poggio Imperiale

Villa del Poggio Imperiale (English: Villa of the Imperial Hill) is a predominantly neoclassical former grand ducal villa in Arcetri, …

Villa Corsini

Villa Corsini

Villa Corsini a Castello is a suburban villa near Florence, Italy, located in via della Petraia.

Certosa del Galluzzo

Certosa del Galluzzo

Florence Charterhouse (Certosa di Firenze or Certosa del Galluzzo) is a charterhouse, or Carthusian monastery, located in the Florence suburb …

Piazza di Santo Spirito

Piazza di Santo Spirito

Giardino dei Semplici

Giardino dei Semplici

The Orto Botanico di Firenze (2.3 hectares), also known as the Giardino dei Semplici, the "Garden of simples", is a …

Corridoio Vasariano

Corridoio Vasariano

The Vasari Corridor (Italian: Corridoio Vasariano) is an elevated enclosed passageway in Florence, central Italy, connecting the Palazzo Vecchio with …

Museo del Calcio

Museo del Calcio

The Museo del Calcio is a sports museum dedicated to the history of the Italy national football team, located in …

Cupola del Brunelleschi

Cupola del Brunelleschi

Cappella de' Pazzi

Cappella de' Pazzi

The Pazzi Chapel (Italian: Cappella dei Pazzi) is a chapel located in the "first cloister" on the southern flank of …

Palazzo Davanzati

Palazzo Davanzati

Palazzo Davanzati is a palace in Florence, Italy. It houses the Museum of the Old Florentine House.

Museo Casa Rodolfo Siviero

Museo Casa Rodolfo Siviero

Collezione Luigi Bellini

Collezione Luigi Bellini

Oratorio di San Sebastiano de' Bini

Oratorio di San Sebastiano de' Bini

Chiostro dello Scalzo

Chiostro dello Scalzo

The Chiostro della Scalzo or (Via Cavour, 69 vicino a Piazza San Marco) is a cloister in Florence, Italy that …

Villa Gamberaia

Villa Gamberaia

Necropoli di Palastreto

Necropoli di Palastreto

Chiesa di Santo Stefano al Ponte

Chiesa di Santo Stefano al Ponte

Santo Stefano al Ponte is a Romanesque-style, Roman Catholic church, located in the Piazza of the same name, just off …

Campanile di Giotto

Campanile di Giotto

Giotto's Campanile (, also US: , Italian: [kampaˈniːle]) is a free-standing campanile (bell tower) that is part of the complex …

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