Firenze is the capital of Tuscany in Italy on the Arno River , between the Adriatic and the Tyrrhenian seas. Florence has a population of half a million inhabitants. Florence was centre of the Italian Renaissance and left us with a place of churches, monasteries, museums, galleries and palaces. Home of Leonardo, Dante, Machiavelli and Michelangelo. Today Florence is alive with industry, commerce, culture, art, science and plenty for the visitor to do.

Florence was founded by the Romans in the first century B.C and was very much a world cultural centre between the 11th and 15th centuries. In the 15th century Florence was ruled by the Medici family, the Grand Dukes of Tuscany. The Grand Duchy of the Medicis was succeeded by the House of Lorraine in the 18th century. In 1860 Tuscany became part of Italy and Florence was the capital from 1865 to 1871.