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The small Roman colony of Florentia evolved over the centuries into a free comune, the cradle of the Renaissance, the city of the Grand Duchy, the capital of the Kingdom of Italy
In the Quaternary a lake occupied the site of modern-day Florence. Subsequently a plain formed (crossed from east to west by the Arno), which was sparsely inhabited for thousands of years. In the 7th and 6th centuries BC the Etruscans settled on the surrounding high ground and built Fiesole, venturing only sporadically onto the plain. It was the Romans, in the 1st century BC, who gave shape and substance to the small settlements on the site of today’s city centre; they built a colony, which they called Florentia, laying it out in the square grid plan of the castrum, a military encampment surrounded by fortified walls… (APT - Agenzia per il Turismo di Firenze)
Interesting links about the history of Florence
-Know Florence Italy: The history of the city dates back to the first century BC, when Florence was founded by the Romans. In the Middle Ages, after a period of decline during the “dark ages”, the city began to flourish again under Carolingian rule, reaching highpoints of civilization between the 11th and 15th centuries when, as a free Comune, it managed to maintain a happy balance between the authority of the Emperors and that of the Popes and to weather the turmoil ensuing from the intestine struggles between the Guelphs and the Ghibellines…
-History of Florence Italy: Florence is above all a city of art. Florence is the birthplace of many famous people such as Dante, Boccaccio, Machaivelli and Galileo Galilei. Florence was made more beautiful by the works of art of Michelangelo, Brunelleschi, Botticelli, Donatello and Giotto.' Whoever visits Florence cannot ever be deluded...
-Historical pictures of Florence Italy: In this page we show some historical photos of Florence. The photos are supplied by 'Enciclopedia del Touring Club of 1930'…
-Renaissance in Florence: Beginning in fourteenth-century Italy, Europe went through a transition over 400 years from medieval to modern times known today as the Renaissance, meaning a 'rebirth' or 'revival.' The Renaissance is a nebulous concept for which there is no clear beginning or end. It does, however, usefully mark the complete recovery from the barbarism of the Dark Ages to the new advancement in all fields that transcended the achievements of the great ancient civilizations…
-Houses of the Memory Florence: Buonarroti's house, Dante's House, Guidi's House... Figures of crucial importance for Western art were born in or around the city: Cimabue, Giotto, Arnolfo di Cambio, Andrea Pisano, Brunelleschi, Donatello, Masaccio, Lorenzo Ghiberti, Della Robbia family, Filippo Lippi, Beato Angelico, Botticelli, Paolo Uccello, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo...
-The Florence Flood 4 November 1966: Florence-Flood.com is a website, blog and information resource dedicated to the tragic Florence flood of November, 1966…
-Florence Italy Photo Gallery Pictures: Arno River, Florence Dome, Uffizi Gallery, and more...
-Weather forecast in Florence: the weather in Florence updated in real time.
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