Historic Centre of Florence
Posted by: Wanderer7
N 43° 46.230 E 011° 15.220
32T E 681382 N 4848851
Birthplace of the Renaissance and home to the Medicis.
Waymark Code: WM2QA
Location: Toscana, Italy
Date Posted: 10/16/2005
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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.
Type: Site
Reference number: 174
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