Firenze 

is an Italian town of 377,207 inhabitants, capital of provinciae of Tuscany. It is the eighth Italian city by population and the first of the Tuscany Region.

The city of Florence is the heart of the conurbation Florence - Prato - Pistoia, which has more than 1.52 million inhabitants.

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In the Middle Ages was an important cultural, commercial, economic and financial. In the modern age has served as the capital of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany, from 1569 to 1859, with the government of the Medici and Lorraine. It was the capital of Italy from 1865 to 1871, after the unification of the country (1861).

Important university and UNESCO World Heritage Site, is considered the birthplace of the Renaissance and is universally recognized as one of the cradles of art and architecture, and renowned as one of the most beautiful cities in the world, thanks to its numerous monuments and museums - including the Duomo, Santa Croce, the Uffizi Gallery, Ponte Vecchio, Piazza della Signoria and Palazzo Pitti.

Florence is universally recognized as a city of Art, with a priceless heritage of architecture, paintings, sculptures, historical and scientific memoirs, which make up the fabric of the city, like a button museum spread.

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The heart of Florence's Piazza della Signoria, with its majestic Palazzo Vecchio, with the gallery of sculptural masterpieces in the Loggia dei Lanzi and the nearby Uffizi Gallery, one of the most famous art museums in the world. Not far away is the religious center of the cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore, with its majestic dome (the largest ever built) that at the time of the Grand Duchy, it was said that with his shadow reached to cover the whole of Tuscany; the enormous Cathedral is beautifully accompanied by the Bell Tower, one of the most beautiful in Italy, and the Baptistery of San Giovanni, with its famous bronze doors amongst these is the golden gate of heaven.

Florentine museums. World capital of art, Florence given the enormous artistic wealth of the city, has a large number of museums and art galleries. Just think that in the ranking of the 15 most visited Italian art museums, one third is represented by Florentine museums.

Florentine monuments. Florence is one of the world cities with higher density of cultural resources and monuments that testify to its incredible historical artistic evolution. Only museums are more than 60, the same number of notable churches. This page is a list of the most significant things to visit in town.

Source: Wikipedia

Useful links: 

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