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Cinerary urns of the Villanovan culture. The pre-Etruscan history of the area in the middle and late Bronze parallels that of the archaic Greeks. [1] The Tuscan area was inhabited by peoples of the so-called Apennine culture in the second millennium BC (roughly 1400–1150 BC) who had trading relationships with the Minoan and Mycenaean civilizations in the Aegean Sea, [1] and, at the end of ...
Tuscany is known for its landscapes, history, artistic legacy, and its influence on high culture. It is regarded as the birthplace of the Italian Renaissance [5] and of the foundations of the Italian language.
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Lucca in the Tuscany region of Italy This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
The March of Tuscany (Latin: Marchiae Tusciae; Modern Italian: Marca di Tuscia [ˈmarka di ˈtuʃʃa]) [a] was a march of the Kingdom of Italy and the Holy Roman Empire during the Middle Ages. Located in northwestern central Italy , it bordered the Papal States to the south, the Ligurian Sea to the west and Lombardy to the north.
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At the time of its establishment it bordered to the west with the Tyrrhenian Sea and for the rest with the Byzantine territories of the Exarchate of Ravenna.Initially the province of Viterbo (northern Lazio) was also part of the Duchy, and was known in that period as "Roman Tuscia", being a border zone between the Lombard Tuscia and the Byzantine Duchy of Rome.
The book is a long essay on the Italian region of Tuscany, its culture and its capital Florence. Curzio Malaparte seeks to define what distinguishes the region and what, in his view, makes other Italians fear the Tuscans. Malaparte argues that Tuscans value intelligence, are direct and realistic.
Chapel of San Genesio, inside of the archaeological area of the ancient Borgo San Genesio, seat of the founding oath of the Tuscan League. The Tuscan League, also known as the League of San Genesio, was formed on 11 November 1197 at Borgo San Genesio by the chief cities, barons and bishops of the March of Tuscany shortly after the death of Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor on 27 September 1197.