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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Conventino della Maddalena Alle Caldine

Conventino della Maddalena Alle Caldine

Cenacolo di Ognissanti

Cenacolo di Ognissanti

Museo Ebraico di Firenze

Museo Ebraico di Firenze

The Jewish Museum of Florence (Italian: Museo Ebraico di Firenze) is a museum of Jewish history located in the Great …

Cappelle Medicee

Cappelle Medicee

The Medici Chapels (Italian: Cappelle medicee) are two chapels built between the 16th and 17th centuries as an extension to …

Museo fiorentino di preistoria "Paolo Graziosi"

Museo fiorentino di preistoria "Paolo Graziosi"

Museo Nazionale Alinari della Fotografia

Museo Nazionale Alinari della Fotografia

Museo dell' Opera di Santa Croce

Museo dell' Opera di Santa Croce

Cripta di Santa Reparata

Cripta di Santa Reparata

Santa Reparata is the former cathedral of Florence, Italy. Its name refers to Saint Reparata, an early virgin martyr who …

Fondazione Scienza e tecnica

Fondazione Scienza e tecnica

Cappella dei Magi

Cappella dei Magi

The Magi Chapel is a chapel in the Palazzo Medici Riccardi of Florence, Italy. Its walls are almost entirely covered …

Cappella Brancacci

Cappella Brancacci

The Brancacci Chapel (in Italian, "Cappella dei Brancacci") is a chapel in the Church of Santa Maria del Carmine in …

Museo della Moda e del Costume

Museo della Moda e del Costume

The Museum of Fashion and Costume (the Costume Gallery) is one of the museums housed in the Pitti Palace in …

Cenacolo Di Sant'Apollonia

Cenacolo Di Sant'Apollonia

Sant'Apollonia was a former Benedictine convent, founded in 1339, north of the center of Florence, in Italy. Some of the …

Porta della Mandorla

Porta della Mandorla

Museo della Misericordia

Museo della Misericordia

Museo diocesano di Santo Stefano al Ponte

Museo diocesano di Santo Stefano al Ponte

Museo delle porcellane

Museo delle porcellane

The Porcelain Museum (Italian: Museo delle porcellane) is located in the Casino del Cavaliere, one of the highest points of …

Museo nazionale di antropologia ed etnologia

Museo nazionale di antropologia ed etnologia

Cenacolo del Fuligno

Cenacolo del Fuligno

Casa Guidi

Casa Guidi

Casa Guidi is a writer's house museum in the 15th-century patrician house in Piazza San Felice, 8, near the south …

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