Florence
Florence is a big city of 370,323 inhabitants, in north central Italy, the heart of a metropolitan area of over 1,500,000 inhabitants, capital of the province and in the Tuscany region is the largest and most popular city for history, art, fair and economics. It was capital of Italy (1865-1871) after the unification of Italy in the Middle Ages and it was important for culture, economics and for financial matters, covering the role of capital in the modern era of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany under the reign of the Medici and Lorraine. It has an important university center, and it is considered as the place of origin of the Renaissance and is universally recognized as one of the cradles of art and architecture, as well known as one of the most beautiful cities in the world. In fact, thanks to its numerous monuments and museums – including the Duomo, Santa Croce, the Uffizi Gallery, Ponte Vecchio, Piazza della Signoria and Palazzo Pitti – is one of the most beautiful and important tourist destinations of Italy
and the world. Because of the enormous artistic wealth of the city (Florence has the largest concentration of world art in proportion to its extension), cultural tourism is very strong, just considering the fact that the Galleria degli Uffizi (museum of art most visited in Italy), the city museum and the most famous in the world sells something more than one million, five hundred thousand tickets a year. Florence, city of art is ideal for holidays destinations all year round.