FLORENCE Definition & Meaning

Florence

[ flawr-uhns, flor- ]

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Italian Firenze. a city in central Italy, on the Arno River: capital of the former grand duchy of Tuscany.
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Florence

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a city in central Italy, on the River Arno in Tuscany: became an independent republic in the 14th century; under Austrian and other rule intermittently from 1737 to 1859; capital of Italy 1865–70. It was the major cultural and artistic centre of the Renaissance and is still one of the world's chief art centres. Pop: 356 118 (2001) Ancient nameFlorentiaflɒˈrɛntsɪə-ˈrɛntɪə Italian nameFirenze

Florence

City in central Italy on the Arno River.

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Florence is a tourist center known for its handicrafts.

Florence was the center of the Italian Renaissance from the fourteenth to the sixteenth centuries, during which time the artistic and intellectual life of the city flourished. Dante , Boccaccio, Botticelli , Donatello, Leonardo da Vinci , Raphael , and Michelangelo were among the authors and artists who were born and were active there.

It was dominated by the Medici family from the fifteenth to the eighteenth centuries.

The city's many works of architecture include the cathedral (see also cathedral ) of Santa Maria del Fiore, the Pitti Palace, and the Uffizi.

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Alberti was a genius — a polymath who grew up in exile from Florence.

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Known for leaving long stretches between roles, in the 1990s Day-Lewis went into what he called "semi-retirement" and became a shoemaker's apprentice in Florence, Italy.

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Dan Fletcher is the father of the youngest twins, Florence and Mabel, and admitted that training at the age of five involved a lot of "swinging sticks and squabbling".

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Thanks to the work of Bagmanyan and the rest of the repair shop staff, it soon will be back in the hands of a cello student at Florence Nightingale Middle School.

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Florence Pugh declared herself a fan, and ended up starring in the video for Never Need Me, a killer kiss-off to a boyfriend who left her dangling.

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