17 August 2012

Florence:Architecture

Florence is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany and of the province of Florence. It is the most populous city in TuscanyFlorence is famous for its history. A centre of medieval European trade and finance and one of the wealthiest cities of the time, Florence is considered the birthplace of the Renaissance.

The historic centre of Florence attracts millions of tourists each year, and Euromonitor International ranked the city as the world's 72nd most visited in 2009, with 1,685,000 visitors. It was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1982. Due to Florence's artistic and architectural heritage, it has been ranked by Forbes as one of the most beautiful cities in the world, and the city is noted for its history, culture, Renaissance art and architecture and monuments.The city also contains numerous museums and art galleries, such as the Uffizi Gallery and the Pitti Palace, amongst others, and still exerts an influence in the fields of art, culture and politics.

Florence is also an important city in Italian fashion,being ranked within the top fifty fashion capitals of the world; furthermore, it is also a major national economic centrebeing a tourist and industrial hub. I


6 comments:

  1. Florence is great! I was 12 when I went there I don't remember as much as I would like to...

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  2. Nice Photos! ; D

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  3. Hi Thanks for your lovely comment, it makes me happy ;) I like this post, I'm italian, and i love Florence, i like the description you made :) one of the most beautiful and evocative ! I will follow you with bloglovin, with great pleasure :)
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