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| Firenze (Florence) is the capitol
city of the region of Tuscany and the province of Florence.
During the middle ages it was a center of European trade and
finance. |
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The Medici family, was a powerful, Florentine
family that ruled from the 13th to the 17th centuries and helped
usher in the Italian Renaissance with other affluent families.
Florence is also famous for its magnificent art and architecture.
The city has been called the Athens of the Middle Ages and the
Historic Center of Florence was declared a World Heritage Site
by the UNESCO in 1982. |
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| Art, literature, and architecture permeate the
city with remnants of Michelangelo, DaVinci, Lorenzini, Dante,
Ammanati, Petrarch and Machiavelli to name only a small fraction
of the talent that passed through this city. |
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The church bells ring, it's six o'clock in
the morning and the small town begins to wake up. You stand
at the window and watch the sun creep over the distant hills.
Pink hazy light fills the horizon; within minutes, patches
of green come to life in the valley below. The piazza fills
with people greeting each other as they head off to work or
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All over Italy, this is how the day begins.
Hundreds of medieval towns caught in the struggle to fit into
a fast-changing world while holding onto their unique charm.
People gather to share their opinions on world events as well
as sharing the small things that make up their daily lives.
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| The Italians stop and take time to visit with
each other in person, sitting in piazzas or at a café,
life slows down and finds its roots.
The balance we all look for is here, at times intense with
passion, but always coming back to what's most important
- relationships. |
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