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City center from the Giottoâ s bell tower campanile which stands on the Cathedral square Piazza del Duomo in Florence Italy This bell tower is one of the showpieces of the Florentine gothic style Standing isolated next to the Cathedral Santa Maria del Fiore and in front of the Baptistery of St John this splendid construction attracts the eye and the admiration of every art lover by its design rich sculptural decorations and the many coloured marble encrustations This slender structure stands on a square plan with a side of 14 45 meters 47 41 ft It attains a height of 84 7 meters 277 9 ft sustained by four polygonal buttresses at the corners These four vertical lines are crossed by four horizontal lines dividing the tower in five levels Florence Italian Firenze is the capital city of the region of Tuscany Italy From 1865 to 1870 the city was also the capital of the Kingdom of Italy A center of medieval European trade and finance the city is often considered the birthplace of the Italian Renaissance and was long ruled by the Medici family Florence is also famous for its magnificent art and architecture It is said that of the 1 000 most important European artists of the second millennium 350 lived or worked in Florence The city has also been called the Athens of the Middle Ages The historic Centre of Florence was declared a World Heritage Site by the UNESCO in 1982 source Wikipedia org
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