2 Nights in the City that Spawned Our Modern World
August 20th 2008 Florence (Firenze, in Italian) of course. This is the birthplace of the Renaissance, and hometown of Michelangelo (the painter/sculptor, not the ninja turtle). This is a city packed with ancient, medieval, and Renaissance art. It is also a thriving modern city, though not a very big city. Of course Florenceās most important contribution to civilization and the modern world is not its influen
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