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Modern Arts Gallery, Palazzo Pitti, Florence, Tuscany Travel Guide
The historic Palazzo Pitti opens its doors to the Galleria d'arte Moderna. The apartments occupied by the royal family until 1920 are today 30 rooms filled with masterpieces of Italian painting, Tuscan Neoclassicism, Naturalism, and the Tuscan Impressionistic school, or the Macchiaioli. An environment of doors open on the world that has passed, on Tuscany and life whispered in sketches, now strong, now soft, of great masters and unknown narrators.
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The Province of Florence is a province in the Tuscany region of Italy, with an area of 3,514 sq. km and a population of 933,860 in 44communes.Much of the province lies in the plain of the Arno River and has become an exurban sprawl around the city of Florence. The northeastern part of the province, in the Apennines, has escaped this fate and remains unspoiled.
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Tuscany (region)
Tuscany - Toscana - lies in central Italy measuring 22,992 square kilometers of which 1330 make up Tuscan archipelago, it has a population of over 3.5 million. The region contains all types of scenery providing the tourist with an infinite choice of wandering: a region of gentle hills, mountains, sandy beaches and rugged Mediterranean coastlines.
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moreFor many centuries the hills surrounding Florence have been the location of the residences and county villas of the citizens of Florence during the hot summer months. As a result the surrounding area is full of parks, gardens, vineyards, elegant homes and farm houses hence it is not difficult to find something pleasing to the eye.
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