Florence is a must-see in Italy
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by It offers a wide range of history, a beautiful historical city centre and a lof of possibilities to spent money in all sorts of good shops.
If you want to go there, I would suggest train, because the traffic situation is bad in the city center, as thought you can easily reach the city itself good by the highways. Take yourself time, to see the different places. The best would be to spend at least one weekend there to be able to see all the wonders of old Italian architecture.
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One of the places that have an interesting history is Florence, Italy. Florence already existed during the Roman Times. The Etruscans are the ones that ruled Italy during the 18th century B.C. to 59 B.C. Florence existed during the time when Julius Caesar was in power and during 59 B.C he founded a colony in Arno’s narrowest area. Florence was established as an essential center for trading in the 3rd century A.D. by the Romans after defeating the Etruscans. The prosperous and peaceable lives of early people in Florence suddenly ended when the Roman Empire from the West disintegrated before the influence of the conquerors of the Barbarian... Read more »
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