2. FLORENCE
( I T A L I A N : F I R E N Z E )
Florence is a city in Central Italy by the river Arno next to the Apennine mountains. It is the capital city of
the Tuscany region. Area of Florence is 102 km2. Population is 368 362. The city attracts millions of
tourists each year. It is the 4th richest Italian city.
Flag of Florence Coat of arms Location of Florence
Florence is called the city of flowers and an open-air museum.
This is one of the greatest Italian cities.
3. FLORENCE MONUMENTS
• Ponte Vecchio – the oldest bridge in Florence.
• Piazza della Signoria- historical place which is in the center of Florence
• Cathedral Santa Maria del’Fiore
• Cathedral Santa Maria Novella
5. FAMOUS PEOPLE
FROM FLORENCE
• 1. Gucio Gucci – fashion designer, founder the
famous fashion house
• 2. Michelangelo - sculptor, painter, poet and
architect
• 3.Gabrielle Angella- Italian professional footballer
• 4. Alessandro Andrei- Italian shot put athlete,
Olympic champion from Los Angeles.
• 5. Florence Nightingale- English nurse, statistician,
social activist and journalist. She was known as
the "Lady with a Lamp". She is considered the
founder of modern nursing.
7. THE MOST FAMOUS SPORTS IN
FLORENCE
Football
Fencing
Volleyball
Basketball
Rugby
Horse riding
Athletic
ACF Fiorentina, is an Italian professional football club based in Florence.
8. SOCCER IN COSTUMES
• Florence's traditional sport is soccer
in costumes. It's a mix of football
and rugby because all holds are
allowed. The sport dates back to
Roman times, and the Florentines
say they invented today’s football.
9. PLACES YOU HAVE TO VISIT
• Fontana del Porcellino- In the square of Loggia del Mercato Nuovo
there is a sculpture of a boar. According to legend, anyone who
touches a boar's snout will return to Florence in the future.
• Academy gallery – you can see sculptures by Michelangelo
• Boboli gardens – this is a garden in the Pittich palace, which is filled
with lots of fountains, artificial grottos and ancient and renaissance
statues.
10. CURIOSITIES
• Florence is considered the birthplace of the Renaissance.
UNESCO declared the Historic Centre of Florence a World
Heritage Site in 1982 r. According to UNESCO, Florence
has accumulated as much as one third of the world's art
heritage.
• Florence is visited by over 10 million tourists a year.
• The piano was invented in Florence
• Amerigo Vespucci and Leonardo da Vinci were born in
Florence
• The inhabitants of Florence were also Dante and
Machiavelli.
• Florence was destroyed in World War II. The Germans blew
up all the bridges except the Ponte Vecchio because Hitler
found it too beautiful to be destroyed.
