![]() Florence Nightingale was the only female to be honored with the ‘Order of Merit,’ the highest honor given to a British person after her contribution to the field of nursing. ![]() Although she was born into an upper-class British family she was named after the town in which she was born. Source:, GIF: įlorence is home to the world’s greatest painters, sculptors, poets, architects, and other intellectual minds like Leone Battista Alberti (polymath), Dante Alighieri (poet), Filippo Brunelleschi (architect), Giotto di Bondone (14th century painter), Michelangelo Buonarroti (sculptor), and the list goes on.įlorence is not only home to great artists, painters, and sculptors but is also the birthplace of the mother of modern nursing, Florence Nightingale. According to the UNESCO, 60% of the world’s total artwork is preserved in Italy, and more than half of it is present in Florence like Piazza Della Signoria, Uffizi Gallery, Pitti Palace, Galleria dell’Accademia, and Palazzo Vecchio making it the ‘Capital of Art.’ Italy has always been famous for its breathtaking artwork. ![]() Even singers like Alexander Agricola, Johannes Ghiselin, and Heinrich Isaac were brought to Florence, and this marked the transition from the medieval period to a contemporary world. Lorenzo De’ Medici was a great admirer of art and music who commissioned work to Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci. Under the reign of the Medici family, Florence was a center for European trade and was among the wealthiest cities of that era. Offering a sense of architectural history with its gothic style Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore and the Uffizi Gallery, Forbes had listed Florence as the world’s most beautiful cities in 2010. Let’s check out some interesting facts about this beautiful city: ![]() Every year, Florence is flooded with millions of tourists to witness the artwork of the world’s renowned artists like Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, Brunelleschi, and Galileo. Today, Florence is famous for its breathtaking landscapes, astonishing artworks, architecture, churches, and museums. It was in the 14 th century when Florence gained its dominance in commerce, economy and learned a new way of art, which later came to be known as The birth of Renaissance Era. It is surrounded by many hills and four rivers. The city of Florence is the capital region of Tuscany, Italy, settled in the 1 st century by the Roman Empire. ![]()
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