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Trudging west, the eye of Florence ultimately made landfall near Wrightsville Beach at 11:15 UTC on September 14 as a Category 1 hurricane with winds of 90 mph (150 km/h) and a central pressure of 956 mbar (hPa; 28.23 inHg). [1] As the hurricane moved ashore, deep convection blossomed along the eastern side of Florence's core.
List of Italian regions by GDP (billions of euro [1]) ; Region 2000 2010 2019 2010-2019 % GDP change % of nationwide 2019 GDP 1 Lombardy 259.86: 349.55: 468.77: 12.34: 22.28
A bus travelling from Germany to Italy crashes in southern Switzerland, leaving one dead and 14 injured. Tropical cyclone effects in Europe. Hurricane-force winds from former Hurricane Leslie strike central and northern Portugal, leaving a man dead and 27 others injured. It moves through Spain as a tropical storm. (Metro Libre)
02:14–02:18 0.72 mi (1.16 km) 50 yd (46 m) This tornado caused shingle damage to a home, slid a pick-up truck backward 10 ft (3.3 yd), and flipped an SUV onto its roof. The historic Jones-Roque house suffered partial removal of its metal roof. Numerous pecan trees were snapped or uprooted, and a wooden electrical pole was snapped. [32] EF1
The Florentine year began on 25 March, and not on 1 January, with the apparent year lagging behind the traditional Julian calendar. [1] Thus, 31 December 1200 was followed by 1 January 1200 (not 1201, as it would become in the Julian calendar), and the year remained the same until 24 March 1200.
Cosimo I de' Medici was the Duke of Florence from 1537-1569 and responsible for a vast number of architectural and artistic elements in Florence that still exist today. The fountain was designed by Baccio Bandinelli , but created by Bartolomeo Ammannati with the assistance of several other artists between 1560 and 1574.
The plan, with a nave and two aisles with a semicircular apse, still shows Palaeo-Christian influences. It has green marble columns from Prato with capitals stripped from ancient Roman remains (the Corinthian ones probably coming from the baths existing in the area).
The Roman Amphitheatre of Florence was a Roman amphitheatre in Florence, Central Italy. It was located between Piazza dei Peruzzi, Via De' Bentaccordi and Via Torta; its remains are visible in Via De' Bentaccordi. When it was built between 124 and 130 AD, it was located outside the walls of Florentia and it marked the point of maximum expansion ...