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Florence (1359 words) |
 | Florence (Italian: Firenze) is the capital city of the region of Tuscany, Italy. |
| The extinction of the Medici line and the accession in 1737 of Francis Stephen, duke of Lorraine and husband of Maria Theresa of Austria, led to Tuscany's inclusion in the territories of the Austrian crown. |
| The crowning architectural jewel of Florence is the domed cathedral of the city, Santa Maria del Fiore, known as "The Duomo". |
| FLUXEUROPA: FLORENCE - HISTORY (165 words) |
| Florence (Firenze, earlier Firenza) is the leading city of the Italian region of Tuscany (Tuscana). |
| The history of Florence was dominated by the Medici family from 1434 to 1737, except for the republican period from 1494 to 1512. |
| Florence briefly served as the national capital during the struggle for Italian unification (Risorgimento) but this privilege passed to Rome in 1871 after control of it was wrested from the Papacy. |
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