What is Arno?
{{Infobox river | name = Arno | image = View From the Ponte Vecchio of the River Arno.jpg | map = LocationArno.PNG | image_caption = View of the Arno from the [[Ponte Vecchio]] | source1_location = [[Mount Falterona]] | mouth_location = [[Ligurian Sea]] | subdivision_type1 = Country | subdivision_name1 = [[Italy]] | length = {{convert|241|km|mi|abbr=on}} | source1_elevation = {{convert|1385|m|ft|abbr=on}} | discharge1_avg = {{convert|110|m3/s|cuft/s|abbr=on}} (at the mouth) | basin_size = {{convert|8228|km2|mi2|abbr=on}} }} The '''Arno''' is a [[river]] in the [[Tuscany]] region of [[Italy]]. It is one of the important rivers of central Italy. == Source and route == The river begins on [[Mount Falterona]] in the [[Casentino]] area of the [[Apennine Mountains|Apennines]]. It first takes a curve to the [[south]]. The river turns to the [[west]] near [[Arezzo]]. It passes through [[Florence]], [[Empoli]] and [[Pisa]], then flows into the [[Tyrrhenian Sea]] at the Marina di Pisa. At a length of {{convert|241|km}}, it is the longest river in the [[region]]. A [[1966 Flood of the Arno River|flood on November 4, 1966]] collapsed the embankment in Florence. This killed at least 40 people. It also damaged or destroyed millions of works of art and rare books. 40 years later, hundreds of works had still not been [[restoration|restored]].<ref>{{cite journal | author = Alison McLean |date=November 2006 | title = This Month in History | journal = Smithsonian | volume = 37 | issue = 8 | pages = 34 }}</ref> == References == {{reflist}} {{authority control}} [[Category:Rivers of Italy]] [[Category:Tuscany]]