A brief historical presentation and some references to events in Florence over the centuries.
In addiction some curiosities about the town, to be discovered when you are here.
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Florence Nightingale, whose nursing work in the Crimean War was an inspiration in the setting up of the Red Cross, has a specific link with the city of Florence. Her parents, William Edward and Frances Nightingale, a wealthy pair of English newly-weds, chose Italy for a long honeymoon.
Their two daughters were both born in the course of the two years the Nightingales spent in the peninsula: Parthenope, who was born in Naples in 1819, and Florence, who was born in Florence on 12 May 1820.
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Discover Florence's curious facts when you are here, like a treasure hunt!
Florence is a city to read, with its symbols, memories of the past, the quirks, the characters and much more.
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From the Romans to the present day |
The small Roman colony of Florentia evolved over the centuries into a free comune, the cradle of the Renaissance, the city of the Grand Duchy, the capital of the Kingdom of Italy...
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Timeline of the history of Florence |
Salient events in the city’s history, from its foundation to the present day
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