Duomo, Baptistry, and Tower

Renaissance Men - Florence

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December 3rd 2010
If there is any city that thoroughly defined the Renaissance it was Florence. Home of the powerful Medici family, who while governing according to the principles of Niccolo Machiavelli's The Prince, also contributed vast amounts of money that helped to spark the artistic boom of the Renaissance. The influence of Michelangelo Buonarrati, Leonardo Da Vinci, Raphael, Donatello, Botticelli, Tit ... read more

Europe » Italy » Tuscany » Florence

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Italy became a nation-state in 1861 when the city-states of the peninsula, along with Sardinia and Sicily, were united under King Victor EMMANUEL II. An era of parliamentary government came to a close in the early 1920s when Benito MUSSOLINI establis... ... read more