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Florence is the capital city of the region of Tuscany and its rich historical, artistic and cultural heritage make it one of the main tourist destinations in Italy and Europe.Founded in the first century A.C. by the Romans, Florence has been through many prosperous and dark periods. The city experienced the battles between the Guelphs and Ghibellines, it was a Commune and then a "Signoria" under the Medici during the Renaissance. It was part of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany first with the Medici and then under the Lorraines during the 18th century, up until it became a part of the Kingdom of Italy in 1861. Cimabue, Dante Alighieri, Giotto, Brunelleschi, Donatello, Botticelli and Michelangelo are just a few of the famous Tuscan artists who contributed to making Florence such a beautiful and important city in the world.

Piazza San Firenze, Campanile della Badia, and BargelloThe Bargello, also known as the Bargello Palace, Museo Nazionale del Bargello, or Palazzo del Popolo (Palace of the People) is a former barracks and prison, now an art museum

Piazza San Firenze,

Campanile della Badia

The Arno River, Ponte Vecchio and Lungarni…

The Piazza Santa Trinita, a triangular square named after

the church of Santa Trinita

An ancient Roman column known as the Column of

Justice due to the sculpture of "Justice" on the top

Palazzo Spini Ferroni in piazza Santa Trinita is the grandest private medieval house-palace in the city. The palace was built from 1289 for the rich cloth merchant and banker Geri Spini, on the lands he had bought from the monks of Santa Trinita, after the 1288 flood of the Arno

Via de' Tornabuoni, or Via Tornabuoni, is a street at the center of Florence, that goes from Antinori square to ponte Santa Trinità, across Santa Trinità square, characterized by the presence of fashion boutiques

Palazzo Dudley, 1613

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Pietro da Cortona, Martirio di San Lorenzo

San Gaetano via de' Tornabuoni, interior

San Gaetano, interior

Chiesa di San Gaetano

Piazza San MarcoGeneral Manfredo Fanti was a hero of the Italian Resurgence and the man who reorganized the armed forces in the newly founded Kingdom of Italy

San Marco is a religious complex who comprises a church and a convent. The convent, which is now a museum, has three claims to fame: during the 15th century it was home to two famous Dominicans, the painter Fra Angelico and the preacher Girolamo Savonarola

Founded in 1436 and designed by the architect Michelozzo, the convent

played an important role in the cultural and religious life of Florence, especially at the

time of Savonarola

San Marco. The façade, in Neo-Classical style, was built in 1777–1778.

San Marco

San Marco Altare maggiore

Giambologna completed the Cappella di Sant'Antonino (also known as Salviati Chapel) in May 1589

Vestibolo della Cappella Salviati

Domenico Passignano, Traslazione del corpo di

Sant‘Antonino

Annonciation Jacopo di Cione (ca.1320-1400)

The museum exhibits works by other artists including Domenico Ghirlandaio (1449 - 1494), a reduced scale version of the Last Supper in the church of Ognissanti

The convent is now home to the Museo Nazionale di San Marco. The museum houses the major collection of works by Fra AngelicoFra Angelico (1395–1455) The last Judgement

Fra Angelico (1395–1455) The last Judgement (detail)

Fra Angelico (1395–1455) The last Judgement (detail)

Fra Angelico (1395–1455) Anunciazione 1430

Fra Angelico (1395–1455) Annunciation, 1440-41, FrescoFra Angelico (1395–1455) Armadio degli Argenti (detail), c.1450

Fra Angelico (1395–1455) Annunciation, 1450 Museo di San Marco, Corridor

Fra Angelico (1395–1455) Annunciation, c.1450 (Museo di San Marco, Corridor)

Aloysius Gonzaga died as a result of caring for the victims of an epidemic was beatified in 1605, and canonized in 1726

The Stone Pine (Pinus pinea), also called Italian Stone Pine, Umbrella Pine and Parasol Pine, native to the Mediterranean region, have been used and cultivated for their edible pine nuts since prehistoric times.

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Ponte alla Carraia; The next is Ponte Amerigo Vespucci

Ponte alla Carraia

Ponte alla CarraiaThe first mention of the bridge (then built in wood) dates from 1218.

The bridge was blown up by the retreating German Army during World War II (1944). The current structure is a design by Ettore Fagiuoli, completed in 1948

At the northernmost column of the bridge a family of coypus live in a dam

Nutria (Myocastor coypus)

Ponte alla Carraia and Chiesa San Frediano in Cestello

Ponte Santa Trinita and Ponte Vecchio

Palazzo Lenzi ou Palais des Enigmes Institut Francais, Piazza Ognissanti

The Russian Orthodox Church of Florence was built by the Russian community in Florence between 1899 and 1903 to expand upon an earlier chapel built by Anatole Demidov (Prince of San Donato, and the owner of the Demidov Villa, a landmark in Florence). Prince Demidov married Princess Mathilde, daughter of Jerome Bonaparte (the younger brother of Napoleon Bonaparte and the King of Westphalia)

Piazza della Repubblica, 3 D Modello del Centro Storico

The historic centre of Florence was named a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1982.

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Sound: Andrea Bocelli - Il Diavolo e L' Angelo

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