Florence
Florence ( ; ) , from .}} is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany. It is also the most populated city in Tuscany, with 364,073 inhabitants in 2024, and 990,527 in its metropolitan area.Florence was a centre of medieval European trade and finance and one of the wealthiest cities of that era. It is considered by many academics to have been the birthplace of the Renaissance, becoming a major artistic, cultural, commercial, political, economic and financial center. During this time, Florence rose to a position of enormous influence in Italy, Europe, and beyond. Its turbulent political history includes periods of rule by the powerful Medici family and numerous religious and republican revolutions. From 1865 to 1871 the city served as the capital of the Kingdom of Italy. The Florentine dialect forms the base of standard Italian and it became the language of culture throughout Italy due to the prestige of the masterpieces by Dante Alighieri, Petrarch, Giovanni Boccaccio, Niccolò Machiavelli and Francesco Guicciardini.
The city attracts millions of tourists each year, and UNESCO declared the Historic Centre of Florence a World Heritage Site in 1982. The city is noted for its culture, Renaissance art and architecture and monuments. The city also contains numerous museums and art galleries, such as the Uffizi Gallery and the Palazzo Pitti, and still exerts an influence in the fields of art, culture and politics. Due to Florence's artistic and architectural heritage, ''Forbes'' ranked it as one of the most beautiful cities in the world in 2010.
Florence plays an important role in Italian fashion, and is ranked in the top 15 fashion capitals of the world by Global Language Monitor; furthermore, it is a major national economic centre, as well as a tourist and industrial hub. Provided by Wikipedia
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La donneuse d'amour : pages érotiques de la belle Florence. by Florence
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An Economical and Versatile High-Throughput Protein Purification System Using a Multi-Column Plate Adapter by Florence B Florence B
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Analyzing In Vivo Cell Migration using Cell Transplantations and Time-lapse Imaging in Zebrafish Embryos by Florence A. Florence A.
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Monitoring ER/SR Calcium Release with the Targeted Ca2+ Sensor CatchER+ by Florence N. Florence N.
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Higher Education and Public Trust Factors Influencing Institutional Trustworthiness / by Hamrick, Florence A. (Florence Aileen)
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Astronomical lore in Chaucer / by Grimm, Florence M. (Florence Marie)
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Behind painted walls : incidents in Southwestern archaeology / by Lister, Florence C. (Florence Cline)
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Pot luck : adventures in archaeology / by Lister, Florence C. (Florence Cline)
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How to teach reference and research skills / by Shankman, Florence V. (Florence Vogel)
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Games and activities to reinforce reading skills / by Shankman, Florence V. (Florence Vogel)
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Chihuahua : storehouse of storms / by Lister, Florence C. (Florence Cline)
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Classroom teacher's guide to audio-visual material / by Freedman, Florence B. (Florence Bernstein)
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A century of children's books / by Barry, Florence V. (Florence Valentine)
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Consumers' cooperation in the United States, 1936 / by Parker, Florence E. (Florence Evelyn)
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Developments in the cooperative movement in 1943 / by Parker, Florence E. (Florence Evelyn)
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A descriptive dictionary for 500 years of Spanish-tradition ceramics : (13th through 18th centuries) / by Lister, Florence C. (Florence Cline)
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"A Singular Position" Women Full Professors and Women's Community. ASHE Annual Meeting Paper / by Hamrick, Florence A. (Florence Aileen)
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"I Have Work To Do" Affirmation and Marginalization of Women Full Professors / by Hamrick, Florence A. (Florence Aileen)
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Student Predisposition to College in High Minority Enrollment, High School Lunch Participation Schools. ASHE Annual Meeting Paper by Hamrick, Florence A. (Florence Aileen)
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Foundations of student affairs practice : how philosophy, theory, and research strengthen educational outcomes / by Hamrick, Florence A. (Florence Aileen)
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