FLORENCE AND TUSCANY

FLORENCE AND TUSCANY Florence is a major Italian city which is a cosmopolitan and wealthy metropolis while Tuscany is a region whose cultural and social traditions are still preserved and observed despite the changing face of its towns and countryside. If you find Florentines to be proud according to Dante, the great poet, it is because Florence nurtured the Renaissance that produced, Machiavelli,Galileo, Da Vinci and Michaelangelo. images from my brother's photo gallery Machiavelli, the statesman was moved to observe that Florentines' main preoccupation was to dress splendidly and obtain a ctrafty shrewdness in discourse. Although Milan has the big fashion shows and big stars in fashion, there are also Florentine fashion celebrities in the likes of GUCCI and PUCCI. Florence is also the headquarter of the shoe magnate Salvatorre Ferragamo. For information about hotels, transportation, shopping, click here.