A report on Florence and Italian fashion

The Italian Catherine de' Medici, as Queen of France. Her fashions were the main trendsetters of courts at the time.

Via Montenapoleone during the Christmas period.

View of Florence by Hartmann Schedel, published in 1493

Elegant luxury shops, during the Christmas period, along Via Pietro Verri nearby Via Montenapoleone

Julius Caesar established Florence in 59 BC.

Luxury boutiques along Florence's prestigious Via de' Tornabuoni.

The Goth King Totila razes the walls of Florence during the Gothic War: illumination from the Chigi manuscript of Villani's Cronica.

The Palazzo di Malta, surrounded by Hermès boutiques in Via Condotti, Rome's main upscale shopping street.

Leonardo da Vinci statue outside the Uffizi Gallery

Girolamo Savonarola being burnt at the stake in 1498. The brooding Palazzo Vecchio is at centre right.

Giorgio Armani, founder of the Armani company

Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor and his family. Leopold was, from 1765 to 1790, the Grand Duke of Tuscany.

Porte Sante cemetery, burial place of notable figures of Florentine history

Gucci and Dolce & Gabbana Store on the Las Vegas Strip

1/5 Mahratta Light Infantry, Florence, 28 August 1944

Florence with snow cover in December 2009

Seats in the Florence City Council
(2019–2024)

1835 City Map of Florence, still largely in the confines of its medieval city centre

Ponte Vecchio, which spans the Arno river

Florence in the evening --Same picture as above. The same picture--

Ponte Santa Trinita with the Oltrarno district

The city of Florence as seen from the hill of Fiesole

Florence Duomo as seen from Michelangelo hill

Panorama composite, overview of Firenze, taken from the Giardino Bardini viewpoint

Replica of David and other statues, Piazza della Signoria

Tourists flock to the Fontana del Porcellino.

Tourists and restaurant in the Piazza del Duomo

Botticelli's Venus, stored in the Uffizi

The Uffizi are the 10th most visited art museum in the world.

The Palazzo della Signoria, better known as the Palazzo Vecchio (English: The Old Palace)

The introduction of the Decameron (1350–1353) by Giovanni Boccaccio

A display of proboscideans in the Museo di Storia Naturale di Firenze, or the Natural History Museum of Florence

Rectorate's auditorium of University of Florence

Mobikes at Parco delle Cascine, Florence

The traditional boroughs of the whole comune of Florence

The 5 administrative boroughs of the whole comune of Florence

Cities such as Rome, Palermo, Venice, Milan, Naples, Florence and Vicenza started to produce luxury goods, hats, cosmetics, jewelry and rich fabrics.

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Florence plays an important role in Italian fashion, and is ranked in the top 15 fashion capitals of the world by Global Language Monitor; furthermore, it is a major national economic centre, as well as a tourist and industrial hub.

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City in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome.

Roman ruins in Milan: the Columns of San Lorenzo

The remains of the Milan amphitheatre, which can be found inside the archaeological park of the Antiquarium in Milan

The biscione eating a child on the Visconti coat of arms

The Medieval Porta Ticinese (1100), is one of the three medieval gates of the city that still exist in the modern Milan.

The late 16th-century city encircled by the Spanish walls

Milan during the plague of 1630: plague carts carry the dead for burial.

Ceremonial reception of Russian Field Marshal Alexander Suvorov in Milan, April 1799

Popular print depicting the "Five Days" uprising against Austrian rule.

Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II destroyed by Allied bombings, 1943

Palazzo Lombardia, headquarters of the regional government of Lombardy

Milan Cathedral is the largest Gothic cathedral in the world

Torre del Filarete of Sforza Castle (Castello Sforzesco), a historic medieval fortress.

Royal Villa of Milan, one of the finest examples of Neoclassical architecture in Lombardy

Art Deco Central railway station, the 8th busiest in Europe, opened in 1931

The Cimitero Monumentale, it is noted for the abundance of artistic tombs and monuments.

St. Ambrose Basilica dates back from AD 379–386

The skyscrapers of Porta Nuova business district

Leonardo da Vinci's The Last Supper, together with the church of Santa Maria delle Grazie, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

The Museo del Novecento displays the world's largest collection of Futurist art.

Founded in 1778, La Scala is the world's most famous opera house.

Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II is one of the city's largest shopping centres.

San Siro Stadium, home of A.C. Milan and Inter Milan, has a capacity of 80,000. It is Italy's biggest stadium.

Mediolanum Forum, home of Olimpia Milano

The Monza Formula One circuit is located near the city, inside a suburban park.

Bocconi University is a leading institution for economics, management and related disciplines in Europe.

University of Milan Bicocca, the city's newest university, ranks as the 82nd best young college on over 300 institutions in the 2020 Times Higher Education World University Rankings.

Milan Metro is Italy's longest rapid transit system.

Notable architects involved in the project included the Florentine Filarete, who was commissioned to build the high central entrance tower, and the military specialist Bartolomeo Gadio.

Milan is synonymous with the Italian prêt-à-porter industry, as many of the most famous Italian fashion brands, such as Valentino, Gucci, Versace, Prada, Armani and Dolce & Gabbana, are headquartered in the city.