Florence (Firenze in Italian), beautiful in its own right, is the world's premier treasury of Renaissance art and architecture. Once a world commercial center, now its main business is tourism. Walk through its small winding streets, and you walk in the footsteps of such giants as Dante, Da Vinci, Michelangelo and Brunelleschi. If there were one city that exemplifies the artistic achievements of the Renaissance, Florence is it!

Florence lies along the banks of the Arno River. The area surrounding the city is renowned for olive oil and wind production. It has been said the Renaissance had its beginning in the city. Florence is associated with the likes of Machievellia, Michelangelo, Dante, and of course the Medici Family. Florence brings in millions of travelers each and every year who come to visit world class art museums, view impressive architecture, and enjoy Italian hospitality.

It has been said by many that not a city in Italy can match Florence's stupefying artistic wealth. On seemingly every street and in every building there are important paintings and sculptures. Florence is unique and incomparable, much of this due to the fact that an astonishingly high percentage of the great artists of the Renaissance lived and worked here.

 

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