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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 Grand Duchy of Tuscany (Italian: Granducato di Toscana; Latin: Magnus Ducatus Etruriae) was an Italian monarchy that existed, with interruptions, from 1569 to 1860, replacing the Republic of Florence. [2] The grand duchy's capital was Florence. In the 19th century the population of the Grand Duchy was about 1,815,000 inhabitants. [3]
Lucca Cathedral. Lucca (/ ˈ l uː k ə / LOO-kə; Italian: ⓘ) is a city and comune in Tuscany, Central Italy, on the Serchio River, in a fertile plain near the Ligurian Sea.The city has a population of about 89,000, [3] while its province has a population of 383,957.
The title of Grand Duke of Tuscany was created on August 27, 1569 by a papal bull of Pope Pius V to Cosimo I de' Medici, member of the illustrious House of Medici. His coronation took place in Rome on March 5, 1570, by the hands of the Pope himself.
Pages in category "History of Tuscany" The following 46 pages are in this category, out of 46 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
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.
Siena is located in the central part of Tuscany, in the middle of a vast hilly landscape between the Arbia river valley (south), the Merse valley (south-west), the Elsa valley (north), the Chianti hills (north-east), the Montagnola Senese (west) and the Crete Senesi (south-east). The city lies at 322 m (1,056 ft) above sea level.