Florence
Also known as Firenze, Florence, Italy, Florence, Tuscany, Florence Municipality
Florence () is the capital and most populous city of the Italian region of Tuscany, with 362,353 inhabitants It is also the capital of the eponymous metropolitan province, which counts 989,460 inhabitants.
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Florence is the largest city in Tuscany, a region in Italy, with about 362,000 residents living within the city itself. It serves as the capital of both the Tuscany region and its surrounding metropolitan province, which includes nearly a million people in total.
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55 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Roman origins
- Early Middle Ages
- Second millennium
- Middle Ages and Renaissance
- Rise of the Medici
- Savonarola, Machiavelli, and the Medici popes
- 18th and 19th centuries
- 20th century
- Geography
- Climate
- Demographics
- Economy
- Industry, commerce and services
- Tourism
- Food and wine production
- Government
- Culture
- Art
- Language
- Literature
- Music
- Cinema
- Video games
- Other media
- Cuisine
- Research activity
- Science and discovery
- Fashion
- Historical evocations
- ''Scoppio del Carro''
- ''Calcio Storico''
- Main sights
- Monuments, museums and religious buildings
- Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore
- Squares, streets and parks
- Sport
- Transportation
- Cars
- Buses
- Trams
- Florence public transport statistics
- Airport
- Railway station
- Education
- Notable residents
- International relations
- Twin towns – sister cities
- Other partnerships
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Sources
- External links
Florence () is the capital and most populous city of the Italian region of Tuscany, with 362,353 inhabitants It is also the capital of the eponymous metropolitan province, which counts 989,460 inhabitants.
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.
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