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 "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 testim ony
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. |
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