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The text related to the cultural heritage 'Historic Centre of Florence' has mentioned 'Florence' in the following places:
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| Historic Centre of FlorenceUNESCO World Heritage SitePiazza della SignoriaLocationFlorence, Tuscany, ItalyCriteriaCultural:xc2xa0(i)(ii)(iii)(iv)(vi)Reference174bisInscription1982 (6th session)Extensions2015Area505xc2xa0ha (1,250 acres)Bufferxc2xa0zone10,480xc2xa0ha (25,900 acres)Coordinates43xc2xb046xe2x80xb223xe2x80xb3N 11xc2xb015xe2x80xb222xe2x80xb3Exefxbbxbf / xefxbbxbf43.77306xc2xb0N 11.25611xc2xb0Exefxbbxbf / 43.77306; 11.25611Coordinates: 43xc2xb046xe2x80xb223xe2x80xb3N 11xc2xb015xe2x80xb222xe2x80xb3Exefxbbxbf / xefxbbxbf43.77306xc2xb0N 11.25611xc2xb0Exefxbbxbf / 43.77306; 11.25611Location of Historic Centre of Florence in TuscanyShow map of TuscanyHistoric Centre of Florence (Italy)Show map of Italy | WIKI |
| 1835 City Map of Florence, still largely in the confines of its medieval city center. | WIKI |
| The historic centre of Florence is part of quartiere 1 of the Italian city of Florence. | WIKI |
| Built on the site of an Etruscan settlement, Florence, the symbol of the Renaissance, rose to economic and cultural pre-eminence under the Medici in the 15th and 16th centuries. | WIKI |
| Heading south from the Duomo there is the political and cultural center of Florence with Palazzo Vecchio and the Uffizi Gallery nearby, near which are the Bargello Museum and the Basilica of the Holy Cross. | WIKI |
| The northern part of the old town is surrounded by the avenues of Viali di Circonvallazione, a series of large six-lane avenues inspired by Parisian boulevard created when Florence was the capital of Italy. | WIKI |
| The center of Florence, with its hundreds of business activities is a paradise for shopping and entertainment: elegant boutiques, historic cafes, the lively street markets, as well as hosting numerous nightclubs, discos, American-bar and meeting places for a drink (the famous Negroni cocktail was born here). | WIKI |
| Florence was built on the site of an Etruscan settlement and the later ancient Roman colony of Florentia (founded in 59 BC). | UNESCO |
| Florence had an overwhelming influence on the development of architecture and the fine arts, first in Italy, and then in Europe. | UNESCO |
| It is within the context of Florence that the concept of the Renaissance came to be. | UNESCO |
| This heritage bestows upon Florence unique historical and aesthetic qualities. | UNESCO |
| Criterion (i): The urban complex of Florence is in itself a unique artistic realization, an absolute chef-dxe2x80x99xc5x93uvre, the fruit of continuous creation over more than six centuries. | UNESCO |
| Criterion (ii): Since the Quattrocento, Florence has exerted a predominant influence on the development of architecture and the monumental arts xe2x80x93 first in Italy, and throughout Europe: the artistic principles of the Renaissance were defined there from the beginning of the 15th century by Brunelleschi, Donatello and Masaccio. | UNESCO |
| From its past, Florence had preserved entire streets, fortified palaces (Palazzo Spini, Palazzo del Podestxc3xa0, Palazzo della Signoria), lodges (Loggia del Bigallo, Loggia dei Lanzi, Loggia degli Innocenti and del Mercato Nuovo), fountains, a marvellous 14th-century bridge lined with shops, the Ponte Vecchio. | UNESCO |
| Criterion (iv): Florence, a first-rate economic and political power in Europe from the 14th to the 17th century, was covered during that period with prestigious buildings which translated the munificence of the bankers and the princes: Palazzo Rucellai, Palazzo Strozzi, Palazzo Gondi, Palazzo Riccardi-Medici, Palazzo Pandolfini, Palazzo Pitti and the Boboli Gardens xe2x80x93 as well as the sacristy of San Lorenzo, the funerary chapel of the Medicis, and the Biblioteca Laurenziana and others. | UNESCO |
| Criterion (vi): Florence is materially associated with events of universal importance. | UNESCO |
| Florence is the birthplace of modern humanism inspired by Landino, Marsilio Ficino, Pico della Mirandola and others. | UNESCO |
| The setting of Florence, surrounded by the Tuscan hills and bisected by the Arno River, has remained unchanged throughout the centuries. | UNESCO |
| These values are still appreciable within the historic centre, notwithstanding the 19th-century transformations undertaken during the period in which Florence served as the capital of Italy. | UNESCO |
| Since 2006, the Historic Centre of Florence has a Management Plan in place naming the Municipality of Florence as the party responsible for the World Heritage property. | UNESCO |
| Moreover, within the cityxe2x80x99s Master Plan, Florence has put in place a tool for urban planning which identifies the historic centre as a place of cultural and environmental concern. | UNESCO |