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3 ημέρες πριν · Florence was founded as a Roman military colony about the 1st century bce, and during its long history it has been a republic, a seat of the duchy of Tuscany, and a capital (1865–70) of Italy. During the 14th–16th century Florence achieved preeminence in commerce and finance, learning, and especially the arts.
While visiting the ruins of Rome during the jubilee celebration in 1300, the banker and chronicler Giovanni Villani (c. 1276–1348) noted the well-known history of the city, its monuments and achievements, and was then inspired to write a universal history of his own city of Florence.
Top 10 Florentines you need to know. The top artists, writers, and politicians who were largely responsible for the Florence we see and enjoy today. This is not a list of the 10 most important people in the history of Florence.
3 ημέρες πριν · Florence - Renaissance, Italy, Art: Florentia (“The Flourishing Town”) was founded in 59 bce as a colony for soldiers of the armies of Rome and was laid out as a rectangular garrison town (castrum) below the hilltop Etruscan town of Faesulae.
5 ημέρες πριν · Florence - Renaissance, Medici, Humanism: Florence’s greatest poet, Dante, harshly characterized his city’s people as tightfisted, envious, and haughty. A touch of this severe judgment still clings to the Florentines, in whose makeup one tends to miss the exuberance and warmth associated with Italians in other towns and regions.
3 Μαρ 2024 · Florence history is incredibly rich, complex, and impactful and spans over 2,000 years. From its days as a Roman outpost to spearheading the Renaissance and serving as Italy’s first capital, Florence witnessed and shaped some of Europe’s most dramatic moments.
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 .
