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Florence, capital of the
region of Tuscany, has a population of around half a million
inhabitants, spreads on the banks of the Arno, between the
Adriatic and the Tyrrhenian seas, almost in the middle of
the Italian peninsula. It is a city which bustles with
industry and craft, commerce and culture, art and science.
Being on the main national railway lines, it is easily
accessible from most important places both in Italy and
abroad. The Florence "Vespucci" airport, where both national
and international airlines stop, is located 5 Km. from the
city centre. The main motorway, A1, connects Florence with
Bologna and Milano in the North and Rome and Naples in the
South. The motorway A11 to the sea joins it to Prato,
Pistoia, Montecatini, Lucca, Pisa and all the resorts on the
Tyrrhenian sea. There is also motorway which connects
Florence to Siena. The climate is temperate but rather
variable, with breezy winters and hot summers.
The Chianti area, between Florence and Siena, is one of the
most beautiful countryside in Italy and a famous wine
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