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2. Piazza San Lorenzo - Wikipedia

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   Borgo San Lorenzo is a street located between piazza San Giovanni and piazza San Lorenzo. The basilica is one of the oldest in Florence, having been consecrated in 393 AD, [1] at which time it stood outside the city walls. For three hundred years it was the city's cathedral, before the official seat of the bishop was transferred to Santa Reparata.

3. Piazza del Duomo, Florence - Wikipedia

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   Piazza del Duomo (English: "Cathedral Square") is located in the heart of the historic center of Florence (Tuscany, Italy). It is one of the most visited places in Europe and the world and in Florence, the most visited area of the city. [1] The square contains Florence Cathedral with the Cupola del Brunelleschi, the Giotto's Campanile, the ...

4. Ponte Vecchio - Wikipedia

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   The Ponte Vecchio (Italian pronunciation: [ˈponte ˈvɛkkjo]; [1] "Old Bridge") [2] is a medieval stone closed-spandrel segmental arch bridge over the Arno, in Florence, Italy.The only bridge in Florence spared from destruction during World War II, it is noted for the shops built along it; building shops on such bridges was once a common practice.

5. Florence - Wikipedia

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   Florence plays an important role in Italian fashion, [12] and is ranked in the top 15 fashion capitals of the world by Global Language Monitor; [14] furthermore, it is a major national economic centre, [12] as well as a tourist and industrial hub.

6. Basilica of San Lorenzo, Florence - Wikipedia

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   The Basilica di San Lorenzo (Basilica of St. Lawrence) is one of the largest churches of Florence, Italy, situated at the centre of the main market district of the city, and it is the burial place of all the principal members of the Medici family from Cosimo il Vecchio to Cosimo III. It is one of several churches that claim to be the oldest in ...

7. Historic Centre of Florence - Wikipedia

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   The historic centre of Florence is part of quartiere 1 of the Italian city of Florence. This quarter was named a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1982. [1][2] Built on the site of an Etruscan settlement, Florence, the symbol of the Renaissance, rose to economic and cultural pre-eminence under the Medici in the 15th and 16th centuries.