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Coat of arms of Florence

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Florence:

Florence (/ˈflɒrəns/ FLORR-ənss; Italian: Firenze [fiˈrɛntse] ^ⓘ) is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany. It is also the most populated city in Tuscany, with 364,073 inhabitants in 2024, and 990,527 in its metropolitan area.

• Pronunciation: /ˈflɒrəns/ FLORR-ənss; Italian: Firenze [fiˈrɛntse] ^ⓘ)
• Common English name(s): Florence
• Official English name(s): City of Florence
• Adjectival(s): Florentine
• Demonym(s): Florentine

Geography of Florence

• Florence is:
  • a city
    • Capital of Tuscany
    • Capital of the Metropolitan City of Florence
• Population of Florence: 383,083 (2016)
• Area of Florence: 102.41 km² (39.54 sq mi)
• Atlas of Florence

Florence

Florence (Italy)

• Florence is situated within the following regions:
  • Northern Hemisphere and Eastern Hemisphere
    • Eurasia
      • Europe (outline)
        • Western Europe
        • Southern Europe
          • Italian Peninsula
            • Italy (outline)
              • Central Italy
                • Tuscany
                  • Metropolitan City of Florence
• Time zone(s): Central European Time (UTC+01), Central European Summer Time (UTC+02)

• Climate of Florence

• Rivers in Florence
  • Arno

• Arcetri
• Galluzzo
• Novoli
• Oltrarno

• Arcetri Observatory
• Baluardo a San Giorgio
• Belvedere (fort)
• Biblioteca Riccardiana
• Complex of San Firenze
• Florence Courthouse
• Fortezza da Basso

• Mercato Centrale
• National Central Library
• Osservatorio Ximeniano
• Triumphal Arch of the Lorraine

• Indiano Bridge
• Ponte alla Carraia
• Ponte alle Grazie
• Ponte Amerigo Vespucci
• Ponte Santa Trinita
• Ponte Vecchio

• Porta a Pinti
• Porta alla Croce
• Porta Romana
• Porta San Frediano

• Fontana dei mostri marini
• Fontana dello Sprone
• Fountain of Neptune
• Porcellino

• Historic Centre of Florence
• Roman Theatre of Florence

• Loggia dei Lanzi
• Loggia del Bigallo
• Loggia del Grano
• Loggia del Mercato Nuovo
• Loggia del Pesce
• Loggia Rucellai

• Column of Justice
• Equestrian Monument of Cosimo I
• Equestrian monument to Vittorio Emanuele II
• Farmacia del Moro
• Hercules and Cacus
• Monument to Carlo Goldoni
• Monument to Dante
• Monument to Savonarola in Piazza Savonarola
• Tribune of Galileo

• Bargello
• Casa Buonarroti
• Casa Guidi
• Galleria dell'Accademia
  • David (Michelangelo)
• Garden of Archimedes
• Museo dell'Opera del Duomo
• Museo Galileo
• Museo Horne
• Museo Nazionale Alinari della Fotografia
• Museo Nazionale di San Marco
• Museo di Storia Naturale di Firenze
  • La Specola
• National Archaeological Museum, Florence
• Orsanmichele
• Ospedale degli Innocenti
• Ospedale di San Paolo
• Palazzo Davanzati
• Palazzo Pitti
  • Porcelain Museum (Florence)
• Palazzo Vecchio
  • Studiolo of Francesco I
• Stibbert Museum
• Uffizi
  • New exit for the Uffizi Gallery
  • Vasari Corridor

• Bardini Gardens
• Boboli Gardens

• Giardino dell'Iris
• Giardino delle Rose
• Orto Botanico di Firenze
• Parco delle Cascine

• Piazza del Duomo, Florence
• Piazza della Libertà
• Piazza della Repubblica
• Piazza della Signoria
• Piazza San Lorenzo
• Piazza San Marco
• Piazza Santa Croce
• Piazzale Donatello
• Piazzale Michelangelo

• Via Camillo Cavour
• Via de' Tornabuoni

• Giotto's Campanile
• Torre degli Alberti
• Torre degli Amidei
• Torre dei Della Bella
• Torre dei Gianfigliazzi
• Torre dei Mannelli
• Torre dei Pulci
• Torre del Gallo
• Tower of San Niccolò

• Medici villas
  • Villa di Castello
  • Villa La Petraia
  • Villa Medici at Careggi
  • Villa Medicea L'Ambrogiana
  • Villa del Poggio Imperiale
• Palazzo dell'Arte dei Beccai
• Palazzo Gondi
• Palazzo Medici Riccardi
  • Magi Chapel
• Palazzo Spini Feroni
• Villa Gamberaia
• Villa I Tatti
• Villa Il Gioiello
• Villa La Pietra
• Villa Rusciano

Demographics of Florence

• Government of Florence
  • Council of Florence
  • List of mayors of Florence
• Historical Archives of the European Union

History of Florence

• Timeline of Florence
• Founding of Florence (59 BC)
• Siege of Florence (405)
• Republic of Florence (1115–1532)
  • Chancellor of Florence
  • Guilds of Florence
  • Signoria of Florence
• War of the League of Cognac (1526-1530)
  • Siege of Florence (1529–1530)
• Duchy of Florence (1532–1569)
  • Duke of the Florentine Republic
• Italian Renaissance (14th century - 17th century) – centered in Florence
• 1966 flood of the Arno

• Bonfire of the vanities
• Histories of Florence (books)
  • Annales florentini
  • Florentine Histories
  • Nuova Cronica
• People from Florence

Culture of Florence

• British Institute of Florence
• Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz
• Architecture of Florence
  • Buildings and structures in Florence
• Cuisine of Florence
• Languages of Florence
  • Tuscan dialect
    • Florentine dialect
• Symbols of Florence
  • Marzocco

• Renaissance
• Art academies in Florence
  • Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze
  • Accademia delle Arti del Disegno

Cinema of Florence

Music of Florence

• Conservatorio Luigi Cherubini
• Florentine Camerata
• Teatro Comunale Florence
  • Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
• Teatro della Pergola

• Theatres in Florence

• Florentine mosaic
• Florentine painting

• Calcio Fiorentino
• Scoppio del carro

• Giotto di Bondone (c. 1267-1337) - Painter and architect
• Fra Angelico (c. 1395-1455) - Painter
• Sandro Botticelli (c. 1445-1510) - Painter
• Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) - Polymath: artist, scientist, and inventor
• Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564) - Sculptor, painter, architect, and poet
• Donatello (c. 1386-1466) - Sculptor

• Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) - Poet, writer, and philosopher
• Petrarch (1304-1374) - Scholar and poet
• Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375) - Writer and poet
• Niccolò Machiavelli (1469-1527) - Diplomat, philosopher, and writer
  • Timeline of Niccolò Machiavelli

• Cosimo de' Medici (1389-1464) - Banker and politician
• Lorenzo de' Medici (1449-1492) - Statesman and patron of the arts
• Catherine de' Medici (1519-1589) - Queen of France

• Amerigo Vespucci (1454-1512) - Explorer and cartographer
• Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) - Astronomer, physicist, and engineer

• Guccio Gucci (1881-1953) - Fashion designer and founder of Gucci

• Acciaioli family
• Corsini family
• Gherardini family
• House of Medici
  • Medici family tree
  • Medici: Masters of Florence
• House of Sacchetti
• Pazzi family
• Pucci family
• Salviati family
• Strozzi family

• Catholicism in Florence
  • Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Florence

• History of the Jews in Florence

• Basilica of San Lorenzo, Florence
  • Medici Chapels
  • Sagrestia Vecchia
• Basilica of Santa Croce
  • Baroncelli Chapel
  • Pazzi Chapel
• Florence Baptistery
• Florence Cathedral (Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore)
• Ognissanti, Florence
• San Frediano in Cestello
• San Marco, Florence
• San Miniato al Monte
• Santa Maria del Carmine, Florence
  • Brancacci Chapel
    • The Tribute Money (Masaccio)
• Santa Maria Novella
  • Tornabuoni Chapel
• Santa Trinita
  • Bartolini Salimbeni Chapel
  • Sassetti Chapel
• Santissima Annunziata, Florence
• Santo Spirito, Florence

• Football in Florence
  • Association football in Florence
    • ACF Fiorentina
• Running in Florence
  • Florence Marathon
• Sports venues in Florence
  • Coverciano
  • Stadio Artemio Franchi

• Hotels and suites accommodation in Florence
  • Hotel Helvetia & Bristol
  • Hotel Laurus al Duomo
  • Palazzo Magnani Feroni
• Restaurants and cafés in Florence
  • Caffè Giubbe Rosse
  • Gran Caffè Doney
• Tourism in Florence

• Florence Airport

• Railway stations in Florence
  • Firenze Campo di Marte railway station
  • Firenze Rifredi railway station
  • Firenze Santa Maria Novella railway station
• Trams in Florence

• Public education in Florence
  • Universities in Florence
    • University of Florence
• Private universities and colleges in Florence
  • Università "Italian University Line"

• Hospital of Santa Maria Nuova

• Outline of geography