florence
states: [italy]
category: cultural
year: 1982
location: City and Province of Florence, Tuscany
region: Europe and North America
latitude/longitude: 43.7730600000, 11.2561100000
visited: 2007
Built on the site of an Etruscan settlement, Florence, the symbol of the Renaissance, rose to economic and cultural pre-eminence under the Medici in the 15th and 16th centuries. Its 600 years of extraordinary artistic activity can be seen above all in the 13th-century cathedral (Santa Maria del Fiore), the Church of Santa Croce, the Uffizi and the Pitti Palace, the work of great masters such as Giotto, Brunelleschi, Botticelli and Michelangelo.
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