Discover the history of Florence through the Renaissance, the Medici family, historic churches, palaces, famous landmarks, art, architecture, and the people who shaped one of Italy’s most influential cities.
Florence’s historic hospitals reveal a fascinating side of the city’s history. Discover Santa Maria Nuova, the Innocenti, San Matteo and other institutions that shaped medicine, charity and social care. […]
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Florence has attracted foreign writers, artists, scholars, collectors and entrepreneurs for centuries. Discover how British, Swiss, German, French and American communities left lasting traces across the city. […]
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Discover the historic cemeteries of Florence, from the monumental Porte Sante to the English, Evangelical and Jewish cemeteries, and explore the remarkable people buried there. […]
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From 1865 to 1871, Florence served as the capital of the newly unified Kingdom of Italy. Discover why the capital moved to Florence and how the short era of Firenze Capitale permanently transformed the city. […]
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Florence was once protected by walls, towers, gates and powerful fortresses. Discover how the city’s defences developed from Roman Florentia through the Middle Ages and Medici rule, and where their remains can still be seen today. […]
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Discover the Ciompi Revolt of 1378, when Florence’s wool workers challenged the guild elite and briefly gained political power in the medieval republic. […]
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