Florence - "Florentia", the florid, was
the name given by the Romans to this small settlement located
at the foot of the ancient Etruscan Fiesole and founded in
the first century BC.
Despite the internal struggles, first between rival families
and then between the Guelfs (loyal to the Pope) and the Ghibellines
(loyal to the Emperor), from the thirteenth century onwards
it began to flourish as a city of art, culture and international
trading, reaching its zenith in the fifteenth century under
the Signoria of Cosimo and Lorenzo de’ Medici.
The territory of Florence is the guardian of an exceptional
art heritage, a splendid testimony to its history and secular
civilization from Fiesole with its Roman Theater to the hills
of Chianti with its parish churches, endless itineraries may
in fact be followed through the country side, offering a variety
of different themes and high-quality content, both of cultural
value and of environmental naturalistic interest.
If this is your first time in Florence,
follow this link and find a comprensive guide to the area,
with suggested places to see. Click here if you wants only
to know the must see places
of Florence.
Towns:
Florence town - Bagno
a Ripoli - Barberino di Mugello - Barberino
Val d'Elsa - Borgo San Lorenzo - Calenzano - Campi Bisenzio
- Capraia e Limite - Castelfiorentino
- Cerreto Guidi - Certaldo
- Dicomano - Empoli - Fiesole - Figline Valdarno - Firenzuola
- Fucecchio - Gambassi
Terme - Greve in
Chianti - Impruneta
- Incisa Valdarno - Lastra a Signa - Londa - Marradi - Montaione
- Montelupo Fiorentino - Montespertoli - Palazzuolo sul Senio
- Pelago - Pontassieve - Reggello - Rignano sull'Arno - Rufina
- San Casciano
Val di Pesa - San Godenzo - San Piero a Sieve - Scandicci
- Scarperia - Sesto Fiorentino - Signa - Tavarnelle
Val di Pesa - Vaglia - Vicchio - Vinci
Other interesting places: Montefioralle
- Panzano in Chianti
Areas: Chianti area - Mugello
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Florence Italy, travel guide to Florence and its province, Tuscany Italy
