What is Florence?
{{WHSite}} {{redlinks|date=September 2011}} [[File:FlorenceSkyline.jpg|thumb|The old city center]] [[File:Dante Domenico di Michelino Duomo Florence.jpg|thumb|]] [[File:Flag of Florence.svg|thumb|Flag]] [[File:FlorenceCoA.svg|thumb|150px|Coat of arms]] '''Florence''' ({{lang-it|Firenze}}) is the [[capital (city)|capital city]] of the [[Regions of Italy|region]] of [[Tuscany]] ({{lang|it|Toscana}}), in [[Italy]]. From 1865 to 1870 the city was also the capital of the [[Kingdom of Italy]]. Florence is on the [[Arno River]]. The city has a [[population]] of around 370,000 people, and a suburban population of over 2,000,000 people. The greater area has around 956,000 people. The city was a center of [[Middle Ages|medieval]] [[Europe]]an [[trade]] and [[finance]]. It is often considered the birthplace of the Italian [[Renaissance]] and was long ruled by the [[Medici]] family. Florence is also famous for its fine [[art]] and [[architecture]]. It is said that, of the 1,000 most important European artists of the second millennium, 350 lived or worked in Florence. == Buildings and monuments == Bridges: * [[Ponte Amerigo Vespucci]] * [[Ponte Santa Trinita]] * [[Ponte Vecchio]] * [[Ponte alle Grazie]] Museums: * [[Institute and Museum of the History of Science]] * [[La Specola]] * [[Museo di Storia Naturale di Firenze]] * [[National Archaeological Museum]] Palaces: {{columns-list| * [[Bargello]] * [[Palazzo Davanzati]] * [[Palazzo Fenzi]] * [[Palazzo Medici Riccardi]] * [[Palazzo Mozzi]] * [[Palazzo Pitti]] * [[Palazzo Rucellai]] * [[Palazzo Spini Feroni]] * [[Palazzo Strozzi]] * [[Studiolo of Francesco I]] * [[Uffizi]] * [[Palazzo Vecchio]] }} Churches: {{columns-list| * [[Santa Maria del Fiore|Duomo di Santa Maria del Fiore]] * [[Battistero di San Giovanni (Florence)]] * [[Basilica della Santissima Annunziata di Firenze|Basilica della Santissima Annunziata]] * [[Basilica di Santa Croce di Firenze|Basilica di Santa Croce]] * [[Basilica di San Lorenzo di Firenze|Basilica di San Lorenzo]] * [[Basilica di Santa Maria Nove