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Florence
[ flawr-uhns, flor- ]
noun
- Italian Firenze. a city in central Italy, on the Arno River: capital of the former grand duchy of Tuscany.
- a city in NW Alabama, on the Tennessee River.
- a city in E South Carolina.
- a town in N Kentucky.
- a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “flowery.”
Florence
/ ˈflɒrəns /
noun
- a city in central Italy, on the River Arno in Tuscany: became an independent republic in the 14th century; under Austrian and other rule intermittently from 1737 to 1859; capital of Italy 1865–70. It was the major cultural and artistic centre of the Renaissance and is still one of the world's chief art centres. Pop: 356 118 (2001) Ancient nameFlorentiaflɒˈrɛntsɪə-ˈrɛntɪə Italian nameFirenze
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Arthur Acton decided to go into business with a neighbor in Florence, Bernard Berenson.
According to Hales, Florence was a town ruled by and for men.
But the Mafia also took its revenge, setting off bombs in Rome, Florence and Milan that killed ten people.
The next morning, guests boarded private jets to Florence for the ceremony at the Forte di Belvedere, rented for a cool $400,000.
They will reportedly take a smaller group of friends to another villa outside Florence to continue the celebrations on Sunday.
You are thinking: Lucky fellow, first he writes from Venice and then from Florence.
This day I saw the Florence Ambassador go to his audience, the weather very foul, and yet he and his company very gallant.
Savonarola kindled a greater fire in Florence than all the artists whom the Medici ever patronized.
The queen-mother is about to be sent back to Florence, and Monsieur de Conde will no doubt be brought to trial.
The queen is from Florence; she knows that poison should never be used except as a weapon of personal revenge.
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