Florence (Firenze Italian) is the capital of the Italian province of Tuscany and Florence. It is the most populous city in Tuscany, with a population of 367,569 inhabitants (1.5 million in the metropolitan area).

The city lies on Arno river and is known for its history and its importance in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, especially for art and architecture. A medieval economic and commercial center, is one of the richest cities of the time, Florence is considered the birthplace of Italian Renaissance, in fact it was called the Athens of the Middle Ages.

Renaissance Palaces:
• Palazzo Vecchio
Galleria degli Uffizi • On
• Palazzo del Podestà
• Palazzo Pitti
• Palazzo Strozzi
Churches:
• Baptisteriumul San Giovanni - Romanesque (twelfth century XI century)
• Santa Maria del Fiore Cathedral - Roman-style Gótico (XII century XIV century)
• Santa Maria Novella and Santa Croce - Gothic (with funerary monuments of Dante, Michelangelo, Galileo Galilei, Niccolò Machiavelli was), San Lorenzo (built in 390, rebuilt in 1425 by Brunelleschi, funerary monuments of the Medici dynasty.