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2. Mercato Centrale (Florence) - Wikipedia

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   The Mercato Centrale (Central Market in English) in Florence is located between via dell'Ariento, via Sant'Antonino, via Panicale and Piazza del Mercato Centrale. It is one of the results from the time of risanamento, the period when Florence was the capital of Italy in the late nineteenth century. It was designed by Giuseppe Mengoni, an ...

3. Piazza della Repubblica, Florence - Wikipedia

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   Coordinates: 43°46′17″N 11°15′14″E. Piazza della Repubblica in Florence. The piazza as seen from Giotto's Campanile. Piazza della Repubblica (Italian pronunciation: [ˈpjattsa della reˈpubblika], Republic Square) is a city square in Florence, Italy. It was originally the site of the city's forum; then of its old ghetto, which was ...

4. Florence - Wikipedia

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   Florence (/ ˈflɒrəns / 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. [4] Florence was a centre of medieval European trade and finance and one of the wealthiest ...

5. History of Florence - Wikipedia

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   In 1345, Florence was the scene of an attempted strike by wool carders (ciompi), who in 1378 rose up in a brief revolt against oligarchic rule known as the Revolt of the Ciompi. After their suppression, the city came under the sway of the Albizzi family, bitter rivals of the Medici family, between 1382 and 1434.

6. 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 ...

7. 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.

8. 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.

9. Via de' Tornabuoni - Wikipedia

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   Via de' Tornabuoni, or Via Tornabuoni, is a street at the center of Florence, Italy, that goes from Antinori square to Ponte Santa Trinita, across Santa Trinita square, distinguished by the presence of fashion boutiques. The street houses high fashion boutiques, belonging to designer brands such as Gucci, Salvatore Ferragamo, Enrico Coveri ...