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23 mag 2024 · Florence (/ ˈ f l ɒr ən s / 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 360,930 inhabitants in 2023, and 984,991 in its metropolitan area.
6 giorni fa · Florence, city, capital of Firenze provincia (province) and Toscana ( Tuscany) regione (region), central Italy. The city, located about 145 miles (230 km) northwest of Rome, is surrounded by gently rolling hills that are covered with villas and farms, vineyards, and orchards.
3 giorni fa · Florentine Renaissance art. Florentine Renaissance. Sandro Botticelli, Primavera (c. 1478) Years active. Early 15th to late 16th century. Location. Republic of Florence. Major figures. Painting: Masaccio, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael.
23 mag 2024 · The House of Medici (English: / ˈ m ɛ d ɪ tʃ i / MED-itch-ee, UK also / m ə ˈ d iː tʃ i / mə-DEE-chee, Italian: [ˈmɛːditʃi]) was an Italian banking family and political dynasty that first consolidated power in the Republic of Florence under Cosimo de' Medici, during the first half of the 15th century.
3 giorni fa · The story of the Palazzo Vecchio begins in the late 13th century. At the time, Florence was a rapidly growing republic, increasingly wealthy from trade and banking. As the city expanded, its government, the Signoria, decided it needed a new headquarters to accommodate its rising power and prestige. Construction on the palace began in 1299 and ...
5 giorni fa · A History of Florence, 1200-1575. Oxford, Blackwell Publishing, 2006, ISBN: 9781405119542; 527pp. John Najemy is a pre-eminent historian of Renaissance Florence. His previous books on Florentine political, social and constitutional developments from 1280 to 1400 (1) and on Machiavelli's correspondence with Francesco Vettori (2) have shown him ...
21 mag 2024 · The family dominated the Florentine republic politically for the better part of the 15th century and became, first, dukes of Florence and, then, grand dukes of Tuscany in the 16th. As patrons of art, architecture, and literature they left a rich, material legacy and imprint on the city.
