Historic Centre of Florence

Historic Centre of Florence
UNESCO World Heritage Site
LocationFlorence, Tuscany, Italy
CriteriaCultural: (i)(ii)(iii)(iv)(vi)
Reference174bis
Inscription1982 (6th Session)
Extensions2015
Area505 ha (1,250 acres)
Buffer zone10,480 ha (25,900 acres)
Coordinates43°46′23″N 11°15′22″E / 43.77306°N 11.25611°E / 43.77306; 11.25611
Historic Centre of Florence is located in Tuscany
Historic Centre of Florence
Location of Historic Centre of Florence in Tuscany
Historic Centre of Florence is located in Italy
Historic Centre of Florence
Historic Centre of Florence (Italy)
1835 City Map of Florence, still largely in the confines of its medieval city center.

The historic centre of Florence is part of quartiere 1 of the Italian city of Florence. This quarter was named a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1982.[1][2]

Built on the site of an Etruscan settlement, Florence, the symbol of the Renaissance, rose to economic and cultural pre-eminence under the Medici in the 15th and 16th centuries. Its 600 years of extraordinary artistic activity can be seen above all in the 13th-century cathedral (Santa Maria del Fiore), the Church of Santa Croce, the Uffizi and the Pitti Palace, the work of great masters such as Giotto, Filippo Brunelleschi, Sandro Botticelli and Michelangelo.[3]

  1. ^ Victoria Charles "Art in Europe" Parkstone Intl 2014 pp 116
  2. ^ "Advisory Body Evaluation" (PDF). UNESCO. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
  3. ^ "Historic Centre of Florence". UNESCO. Retrieved 18 September 2014.