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Late Medieval Tuscany
During the 13th century Tuscany grew rich on textile manufacturing and trade. Commercial contact with the Arab world led the Pisan mathematician Fibonacci to introduce Arabic numerals to the West; a...
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FLORENCE BEST COUNTRY TO VISIT
0 0 The palazzo nonfinito (Unfinished Palace) was begun by Buontalenti in 1593 and was still incomplete when it became Italy’s first museum of anthropology and ethnology in 1869The most striking...
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BEST STATES TO TRAVEL IN FLORENCE
There is a harpsichord by Bartolomeo Cristofori, who invented the piano in the early 18th century. He was responsible for many of the most important acquisitions. The conservatory has one of the best...
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BEST WINTER VACATIONS IN THE FLORENCE
Several of Titian’s works in the following rooms were commissioned by the Duke of Urbino. La Bella (1536) is a portrait of a lovely but unknown woman, whom he also used as a model in other paintings....
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BEST WINTER VACATIONS IN FLORENCE
Several of Titian’s works in the following rooms were commissioned by the Duke of Urbino. La Bella (1536) is a portrait of a lovely but unknown woman, whom he also used as a model in other paintings....
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BEST SUMMER VACATIONS IN THE FLORENCE
The exhibits reflect the changing tastes in the courtly fashion of the late 18th century up to the 1920s. Some of the rooms have been restored to correspond to a 1911 inventory, with original furniture...
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FLORENCE RAIL TRAVEL
Museo Archeologico Etrusco open Thu-Tue. Adm charge A San Michele Piazza SS. Francesco e Michele 1, Carmignano. Open daily. i Detail from The Deposition (1521) by Rosso Fiorentino m Pinacoteca e Museo...
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FLORENCE TRAVEL
Adm charge. Carrara Q Road map B1. 70,000. [2 0 U Piazza Gino Menconi 6b. (0585) 63 22 18. S Mon- CARRARA IS WORLD FAMOUS -for its white marble. The 300 or so quarries near the town date to Roman...
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Offshore Cruising 2016
Now on Cd-Rom Offshore Cruising Encyclopedia is now available on Cd-Rom. Click in the table of contents and you are instantly taken to that section of the book. Fully indexed and searchable, with high...
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Mohandas K. Gandhi
Mohandas K. Gandhi The Indian nationalist and spiritual leader Mohandas K. Gandhi, known to millions as Mahatma, or “great soul,” was born and lived his life as a Hindu. But like others around the...
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