Florence Street Art
by Jennie Breeze
Title
Florence Street Art
Artist
Jennie Breeze
Medium
Photograph - Original Img_2977
Description
Photograph taken in Florence, Italy. Artwork is laid out on the streets for sale. Florence (Italian: Firenze)is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany and of the province of Florence. It is the most populous city in Tuscany, with approximately 382,000 inhabitants, expanding to over 1,520,000 in the metropolitan area. Florence is famous for its history: a center of medieval European trade and finance and one of the wealthiest cities of the time, it is considered the birthplace of the Renaissance, and has been called "the Athens of the Middle Ages". A turbulent political history includes periods of rule by the powerful Medici family, and numerous religious and republican revolutions. From 1865 to 1871 the city was the capital of the recently established Kingdom of Italy. The Historic Centre of Florence attracts millions of tourists each year, and Euromonitor International ranked the city as the world's 89th most visited in 2012, with 1.8 million visitors. It was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1982. The city is noted for its culture, Renaissance art and architecture and monuments. The city also contains numerous museums and art galleries, such as the Uffizi Gallery and the Palazzo Pitti, and still exerts an influence in the fields of art, culture and politics. Due to Florence's artistic and architectural heritage, it has been ranked by Forbes as one of the most beautiful cities in the world.
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September 8th, 2013
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Comments (2)
Jerry Bokowski
Jennie, All the foot traffic around this art work is a little stressful....I don't know if you could display art like this in the US with out it getting an accidental or purposeful footprint! F/L Jerry
Jennie Breeze replied:
Sure you could. The artwork is so wonderful, you wouldn't want to accidentally or purposefully get a single footprint on it. Thanks Jerry!
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