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Florence (Italy)

Arno river
it is a city located in the north of the
central region of Italy, capital and most
populous city of the homonymous
metropolitan city and the region of
Tuscany, of which it is its historical,
artistic, economic and administrative
center. It has about 378 239 inhabitants,
and is the center of a metropolitan area
of approximately one and a half million
inhabitants.

history
Florence is the urban nucleus in which the artistic
movement called Renaissance originated in the second
half of the fourteenth century, and is considered one of
the world cradles of art and architecture as well as one of
the most beautiful cities in the world.
Its historic center was declared a World Heritage Site in
1982 and it highlights medieval and Renaissance works
such as the dome of Santa Maria del Fiore, the Ponte
Vecchio, the Basilica of Santa Croce, the Palazzo Vecchio
and museums such as the Uffizi, the Bargello or the
Accademia Gallery, which houses Michelangelo's David.
river
The Arno River is a river
in Tuscany, Italy. It rises
at 1385 m altitude on
Mount Falterona, in the
Apennines, and flows
into the Ligurian Sea at
the height of Bocca
d'Arno (Pisa) after 241
km of course and 8228
km² of basin. It crosses
the cities of Arezzo,
Florence and Pisa

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