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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 center. 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. |
