Capital of the region of Tuscany in Italy is one of the most visited cities. Florence was a farming village until the eleventh century when, despite his social unrest the city began to grow economically and become important. It was also an important cradle of the Renaissance artists like Michelangelo, Raphael, Leonardo da Vinci, Dante, Donatello, Boccaccio and Machiavelli who made Florence a cultural center foreground. This is the city that has the most pictorial and architectural works of the Renaissance.
This is largely thanks to the patronage exercised by the government of the Medici family. Among its tourist attractions and you should not miss: Santa Maria Novella (basilica located northwest of the city on the square of the same name, its marble facade, is one of the jewels of Renaissance Florence), San Miniato al Monte (Basilica located in one of the highest places of the city of Florence, is a good example of Romanesque art of the Renaissance), Piazza del Duomo (in the historic center of Florence, the building the best known of the city, including the Cathedral of Santa Maria de Fiore, the Baptistery of San Juan Bautista and the Campanile), Piazza della Signoria (is the main square of Florence, this is the source Mannerist Neptune statues are reproductions of most famous as David by Michelangelo), Palazzo Vecchio (also located on the Piazza della Signoria and was used during the Renaissance as a royal residence), the Uffizi (a palace which houses the finest collection of Renaissance paintings), Academy Gallery (it is the most expensive museum in Florence, where he displayed the David of Michelangelo), San Lorenzo (this was the church of the Medici, Michelangelo's hand angel is another memorable work of art, which includes a library made by himself), Piazza della Repubblica (is one of the most important places of the city, built on the former Jewish ghetto), Palazzo Pitti (another Renaissance building, built for the Pitti family, Pitti family fell into disgrace, and the palace was sold to rivals, the Medici).
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