Historic Centre of Florence World Heritage Site

Official name

Historic Centre of Florence | UNESCO

Country

Italy | Map

Continent

Europe

Location

City and Province of Florence, Tuscany
43.7730° Lat, 11.2561° Lon | Map

Code

174

Time Zone

Europe/Rome (CET, +0100)

Current Time

Category

Cultural

Description

Inscribed 1982. 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. Its 600 years of extraordinary artistic activity can be seen above all in the 13th-century cathedral (Santa Maria del Fiore), the Church of Santa Croce, the Uffizi and the Pitti Palace, the work of great masters such as Giotto, Brunelleschi, Botticelli and Michelangelo.