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Florence (/ ˈ f l ɒr ən s / FLORR-ənss; Italian: Firenze [fiˈrɛntse] ⓘ) [a] is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany. It is also the most populated city in Tuscany, with 364,073 inhabitants in 2024, and 990,527 in its metropolitan area .
Florence (Italian: Firenze) weathered the decline of the Western Roman Empire to emerge as a financial hub of Europe, home to several banks including that of the politically powerful Medici family. The city's wealth supported the development of art during the Italian Renaissance , and tourism attracted by its rich history continues today.
The Republic of Florence (Latin: Res publica Florentina; Old Italian: Republica di Fiorenza), known officially as the Florentine Republic, was a medieval and early modern state that was centered on the Italian city of Florence in Tuscany, Italy.
In Florence a separate Guild of Saint Luke for artists did not exist. Painters belonged to the guild of the Doctors and Apothecaries ( Arte dei Medici e Speziali ) as they bought their pigments from the apothecaries, while sculptors were members of the Masters of Stone and Wood ( Maestri di Pietra e Legname ), [ 39 ] or the metalworkers if ...
The Origin and Plain of Roman Florence, Journal of Roman Studies 1965, LV, pp. 122–140; F. Chiostri, L'acquedotto romano di Firenze, Firenze 1973; E. Mensi, La fortezza di Firenze e il suo territorio in epoca romana, Firenze 1991; P. Degl'Iinnocenti, Le origini del Bel San Giovanni. Da tempio di Marte a battistero di Firenze, Firenze 1994
One of the peculiarities of this family, defined by historians as "rude" and hardly observant of the rules of public life, [11] is a constant vein of patronage. Some serious patronage is well documented like the commission given to Fra Angelico to create an altarpiece for the family chapel near the Church of Santo Stefano al Ponte in Florence ...
The Duchy of Florence (Italian: Ducato di Firenze) was an Italian principality that was centred on the city of Florence, in Tuscany, Italy.The duchy was founded after Pope Clement VII, himself a Medici, appointed his relative Alessandro de' Medici as Duke of the Florentine Republic, thereby transforming the Republic of Florence into a hereditary monarchy.
The Signoria of Florence (Italian: "lordship") was the government of the medieval and Renaissance Republic of Florence, [1] between 1250 and 1532. Its nine members, the Priori , were chosen from the ranks of the guilds of the city: six of them from the major guilds, and two from the minor guilds.