Category:Florence, Italy

Firenze / Florence / Florentia is a city in Italy.

• Cities -- Countries

Overview

Founded in Roman times as Fluentia / Florentia, the city flourished in the Renaissance becoming one of the main economic, cultural and artistic centers in Europe. For a few years the capital of Italy (1865-1871), Firenze has maintained its status as the economic, cultural and touristic center of Tuscany.

Churches

• Baptistery of Saint John, Florence, Italy

• Santa Croce, Florence, Italy

• Santa Felicita, Florence, Italy

• Santa Maria Novella, Florence, Italy

• Santissima Annunziata, Florence, Italy

Higher Education

• University of Florence

People

• Giotto (M / Italy, 1266-1337), artist

• Donatello (M / Italy, 1386-1466), artist

• Filippo Lippi (M / Italy, 1406-1469), artist

• Benozzo Gozzoli (M / Italy, 1421-1497), artist

• Lucrezia Tornabuoni (F / Italy, 1425-1482), poet

• Sandro Botticelli (M / Italy / 1445-1510), artist

• Lorenzo de' Medici (M / Italy, 1449-1492), playwright

• Michelangelo (M / Italy, 1475-1564), artist

• Carlo Dolci (M / Italy, 1616-1686), artist

• Emilio Cianchi (M / Italy, 1833-1890), composer

Publishers

• Giuntina -- Le Monnier -- Sansoni -- Vallecchi >

Museums

• Galleria dell'Accademia, Florence, Italy
• Galleria Palatina, Palazzo Pitti, Florence, Italy

• Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Florence, Italy
• Museo Nazionale di San Marco, Florence, Italy

• Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Italy

Theatres

External links

• Wikipedia