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Tuscany
Tuscany (Italian: Toscana, pronounced [tosˈka(ː)na]) is a region in Central Italy. It has an area of 22,990 square kilometres (8,880 sq mi) and a population of about 3.6 million inhabitants. The regional capital is Florence.
Tuscany is known for its landscapes and its artistic legacy. Six Tuscan...
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Province of Florence
The Province of Florence (Italian: Provincia di Firenze) is a province in the Tuscany region of Italy. It has an area of 3,514 sq. km and a population of 933,860 (2001) in 44 comuni.
Much of the province lies in the plain of the Arno river and has...
Area:
- 3.514 km² (1.357 mi² )
Province of Massa-Carrara
The Province of Massa-Carrara (Italian: Provincia di Massa-Carrara) is a province in the Tuscany region of Italy. It is named after the two main towns in its territory: Carrara and Massa, its capital.
The province covers has an area of 1,157 km²,...
Area:
- 1,157 km² (446.7 mi² )
Province of Siena
The Province of Siena (Italian: Provincia di Siena) is a province in the Tuscany region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Siena.
It has an area of 3,821 km² (1475 mile²), and a total population of 252,288 (2001). There are 36 comuni (singular:...
Area:
- 3,821 km² (1475 mi² )
Arno River
The Arno is a river in the Tuscany region of Italy. It is the most important river of central Italy after the Tiber.
The river originates on Mount Falterona in the Casentino area of the Apennines, and takes initially a southward curve. The river...
Florence
Florence (Italian: Firenze, pronounced [fiˈrɛntse]; Old Italian: Fiorenza, Latin: Florentia) is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany and of the province of Florence. It is the most populous city in Tuscany, with 367,569 inhabitants (1...
Area:
- 102 km² (39.4 mi² )
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Province of Grosseto
The Province of Grosseto (Italian: Provincia di Grosseto) is a province in the Tuscany region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Grosseto.
It has an area of 4,504 km², and a total population of 211,086 (2001). There are 28 comuni (singular: comune...
Area:
- 4,504 km² (1739 mi² )
Montalcino
Montalcino is a hilltown and comune in Tuscany, Italy. It is famous for its Brunello di Montalcino wine. The town is located to the west of Pienza, close to the Crete Senesi in Val d'Orcia. It is 42 km from Siena, 110 km from Florence and 150 km...
Area:
- 243 km² (93.8 mi² )
Pisa
Pisa (English pronunciation: /ˈpiːzə/; Italian pronunciation: [ˈpisa]) is a city in Tuscany, central Italy, on the right bank of the mouth of the Arno River on the Ligurian Sea. It is the capital city of the Province of Pisa. Although Pisa is known...
Area:
- 185 km² (71.4 mi² )
Siena
Siena (Italian pronunciation: [ˈsjɛ(ː)na]; also widely spelled Sienna in English) is a city in Tuscany, Italy. It is the capital of the province of Siena.
The historic centre of Siena has been declared by UNESCO a World Heritage Site.
Siena, like...
Area:
- 118 km² (45.6 mi² )
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Scansano
Scansano is a town and comune, of medieval origin, in the Tuscan province of Grosseto, Italy. The area which Scansano lies within is called Maremma.
Scansano is notable for Morellino di Scansano, a type of wine.
Tiber
The Tiber (Latin Tiberis, Italian Tevere, Italian pronunciation: [ˈte(ː)vere]) is the third-longest river in Italy, rising in the Apennine mountains in Emilia-Romagna and flowing 406 kilometres (252 mi) through Umbria and Lazio to the Tyrrhenian Sea...
Lucca
Lucca is a city and comune in Tuscany, central Italy, situated on the river Serchio in a fertile plain near (but not on) the Ligurian Sea. It is the capital city of the Province of Lucca. Among other reasons, it is famous for its intact Renaissance...
Area:
- 185 km² (71.4 mi² )
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Arezzo
Arezzo or Arretium (Latin: Arrētium) is a city and comune in central Italy, capital of the province of the same name, located in Tuscany. Arezzo is about 80 km (50 mi) south-east of Florence, at an elevation of 296 meters above sea level. In 2009...
Area:
- 386.25 km² (149.13 mi² )
Marciana Marina
Marciana Marina is a town and comune in the province of Livorno (administrative region of Tuscany, Italy), one of the most important towns of Elba Island. It is situated at sea level, with nearly 2.000 inhabitants.
There is a small marina (Circolo...
Area:
- 5 km² (1.9 mi² )
Piombino
Piombino is a town and comune in the province of Livorno (Tuscany), Italy, on the border between the Ligurian Sea and the Tyrrhenian Sea, in front of Elba Island and at the northern side of Maremma.
It has an ancient historical center, derived from...
Area:
- 129 km² (49.8 mi² )
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Pistoia
Pistoia is a city and comune in the Tuscany region of Italy, the capital of a province of the same name, located about 30 km west and north of Florence.
Pistoria (in Latin other possible spellings are Pistorium or Pistoriae) was centre of Gallic,...
Area:
- 236 km² (91.1 mi² )
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Livorno
Livorno, also called Leghorn (pronounced /ˈlɛɡərn/) in English, is a port city on the Ligurian Sea on the western edge of Tuscany, Italy. It is the capital of the Province of Livorno and the third-largest port on the western coast of Italy, having a...
Area:
- 104 km² (40.2 mi² )
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San Gimignano
San Gimignano is a small walled medieval hill town in the province of Siena, Tuscany, north-central Italy. It is mainly famous for its medieval architecture, especially its towers, which may be seen from several kilometers outside the town.
The town...
Area:
- 138 km² (53.3 mi² )
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Cortona
Cortona is a town and comune in the province of Arezzo, in Tuscany, Italy. It is the main cultural and artistic center of the Val di Chiana after Arezzo.
Cortona was founded by the Etruscans, who called it Curtun in their language. The city was also...
Area:
- 342.33 km² (132.17 mi² )
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Montecatini
Montecatini may refer to
The name of several locations in italy:
Montecatini Terme and Montecatini Alto are connected by a funicular railway which was constructed in 1897 and is still in regular daily operation.
Other locations named Montecatini -...
Carrara
Carrara is a city and comune in the province of Massa-Carrara (Tuscany, Italy), famous for the white or blue-gray marble quarried there. It is on the Carrione river, some 100 km west-northwest of Florence.
Its motto is Fortitudo mea in rota (Latin...
Area:
- 71 km² (27 mi² )
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Fucecchio
Fucecchio is a town and comune (township) of the province of Firenze in the Italian region of Tuscany. According to the 2004 census, its population was 21,912.
The main economical resources of the city are the leather industries, shoes industry and...
Area:
- 65 km² (25 mi² )
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Volterra
Volterra is a town and comune in the Tuscany region of Italy.
The town was a Neolithic settlement and an important Etruscan center with an original civilization; it became a municipium in the Roman Age. The city was a bishop's residence in the fifth...
Area:
- 252 km² (97.3 mi² )
Sant'Anna di Stazzema
Sant'Anna di Stazzema is a village in Tuscany in central Italy. It was the site of a notorious atrocity during World War II. Administratively, it is a frazione of the comune of Stazzema, in the province of Lucca.
On August 12, 1944, retreating SS...
Giglio Island
Giglio Island (Italian: Isola del Giglio) is an island and Italian comune situated in the Tyrrhenian Sea, off the coast of Tuscany, part of the Province of Grosseto.
The island is separated by a 16 km stretch of sea from the Argentario promontory:...
Area:
- 23.8 km² (9.19 mi² )
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Follonica
Follonica is a town and comune (township) of province of Grosseto in the Italian region of Tuscany, on the Gulf of Follonica (Golfo di Follonica), about 40 km (25 mi) NW of the city of Grosseto.
It was founded in 1834 by Grand Duke Leopold II of...
Area:
- 55.84 km² (21.56 mi² )
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Portoferraio
Portoferraio is a town and comune in the province of Livorno, on the edge of the eponymous harbour of the island of Elba. It is the island's largest city. Because of its terrain, many of its buildings are situated on the slopes of a tiny hill...
Area:
- 47 km² (18 mi² )
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Vinci
Vinci is a town and comune of Firenze province in the Italian region of Tuscany. The birthplace of Renaissance genius Leonardo da Vinci lies just outside the town.
The town is surrounded by the Tuscan Hills. The landscape consists of vineyards and...
Area:
- 54 km² (21 mi² )
Fiesole
Fiesole is a town and comune of the province of Florence in the Italian region of Tuscany, on a famously scenic height above Florence, 8 km (5 mi) NE of that city. According to the 2003 census, its population was 14,100.
Fiesole was probably founded...
Area:
- 42 km² (16 mi² )
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Grosseto
Grosseto is a town and comune in the central Italian region of Tuscany, the capital of the Province of Grosseto. The city lies 14 km from the Tyrrhenian Sea, in the Maremma, at the centre of an alluvial plain, on the Ombrone river.
Of the roughly...
Area:
- 474.46 km² (183.19 mi² )
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Manciano
Manciano is a town and comune in the southern part of the province of Grosseto, Tuscany, central Italy. It has a population of c. 7,000.
Manciano is 18 km (11 mi) SW of Pitigliano and 40 km (25 mi) NE of Orbetello.
Manciano was once a fairly...
Area:
- 372.04 km² (143.65 mi² )
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Manciano
Manciano (also locally called by the unofficial name Misericordia) is a village in the Italian province of Arezzo in northeastern Tuscany, . It is a frazione of Castiglion Fiorentino, which is 2ￂﾠkm (about 1ￂﾠmile)ￂﾠE. It is mostly known as the...
Castiglione della Pescaia
Castiglione della Pescaia is an ancient seaside town in the province of Grosseto (Tuscany), Italy. The modern city grew around a medieval fortress (Italian: castello) and a large fishery, from which it got its designation. Today Castiglione della...
Area:
- 208.96 km² (80.68 mi² )
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Seravezza
Seravezza is a town and comune belonging to the Province of Lucca, in northern Tuscany, Italy. It is located in Versilia, close to the Apuan Alps.
Seravezza's patron saint is St. Lawrence, with the feast set on August 10.
The frazione of Querceta...
Area:
- 39 km² (15 mi² )
Pescia
Pescia (Italian pronunciation: [ˈpeʃːa]) is an Italian city in the province of Pistoia, Tuscany, central Italy.
It is located in a central zone between the cities Lucca and Florence, on the banks of the homonymous river.
Archaeological excavations...
Area:
- 79 km² (31 mi² )
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Ombrone
The Ombrone (Latin: Umbro) is a 160 km long river in Tuscany, central Italy.
The Ombrone's source is located near Castelnuovo Berardenga, on the south-eastern side of the Monti del Chianti. After a twisting route, it receives the waters of the...
Province of Arezzo
The Province of Arezzo or Arretium (Italian: Provincia di Arezzo) is the easternmost province in the Tuscany region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Arezzo.
It has an area of 3,232 km², and a total population of 323,288 (2001) in 39 comuni ...
Area:
- 3,232 km² (1248 mi² )
Province of Livorno
The Province of Livorno or Leghorn (Italian: Provincia di Livorno) is a province in the Tuscany region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Livorno.
It has an area of 1,218 km², and a total population of 326,444 (2001). There are 20 comuni (singular...
Area:
- 1,218 km² (470.3 mi² )
Province of Lucca
The Province of Lucca (Italian: Provincia di Lucca) is a province in the Tuscany region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Lucca.
It has an area of 1,773 km², and a total population of 372,244 (2001). There are 35 comuni (singular: comune) in the...
Area:
- 1,773 km² (684.6 mi² )
Province of Pisa
The Province of Pisa (Italian: Provincia di Pisa) is a province in the Tuscany region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Pisa.
It has an area of 2,448 km², and a total population of 394,101 (2005). There are 39 comuni in the province .
Pisa is...
Area:
- 2,448 km² (945.2 mi² )
Province of Pistoia
The Province of Pistoia (Italian: Provincia di Pistoia) is a province in the Tuscany region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Pistoia. It has an area of 965 km², and a total population of 268,503 (2001). There are 22 communes in the province ...
Area:
- 965 km² (373 mi² )
Province of Prato
The Province of Prato (Italian: Provincia di Prato) is a province in the Tuscany region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Prato. It was formed from part of the province of Florence in 1992.
The province has an area of 365 km², and a total...
Area:
- 365 km² (141 mi² )
Camucia
Camucia is a small town in Tuscany in central Italy. It is a frazione of Cortona. Sitting at the base of the hill on which Cortona lies, it serves as the railway station for the historic town, on the main Florence - Rome line.
Fivizzano
Fivizzano is a walled city in the province of Massa-Carrara, Tuscany (Italy). It is also known as "The Florence of the North" because of its medieval trade and administration links with Florence. It is situated near Verrucola Castle, which was home...
Area:
- 180 km² (69.5 mi² )
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Marciana
Marciana is a town and comune in the province of Livorno, Tuscany (Italy), located in the western Elba Island.
Area:
- 45 km² (17 mi² )
Caprese Michelangelo
Caprese Michelangelo is a village and comune in the province of Arezzo, Tuscany, Italy. It is the birthplace of the renowned Renaissance artist Michelangelo. The village is roughly 100 km east of Florence.
Sights include: the 13th century church of...
Area:
- 67.43 km² (26.03 mi² )
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Anchiano
Anchiano is a village in the comune of Vinci, Italy.
Leonardo da Vinci was born in a farmhouse near Anchiano on 15 April, 1452. His full name was "Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci", which means "Leonardo, son of Piero, from Vinci".Anchiano is a...
Battoni
Batoni is a hamlet in northern Italy. It is a localitￃﾠ of the comune of Pescaglia, in the province of Lucca in Tuscany. It has an approximate population of 50.
Batoni is near the cities of Lucca and Pisa.
Empoli
Empoli is a town and comune in Tuscany, Italy, about 20 km southwest of Florence, to the south of the Arno in a plain formed by the latter river. The plain has been usable for agriculture since Roman times. The commune's territory becomes a hilly...
Area:
- 62 km² (24 mi² )
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Viareggio
Viareggio is a city and comune located in northern Tuscany, Italy, on the coast of the Tyrrhenian Sea. With a population of over 63,000 it is the main centre of the northern Tuscan Riviera known as Versilia, and the second largest city within the...
Area:
- 31.88 km² (12.31 mi² )
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Certaldo
Certaldo is a town and comune of Tuscany, Italy, in the province of Florence, located in the middle of Valdelsa.
Heading southwest, it is 50 minutes by rail and 35 minutes by car from the city of Florence. Heading north, it is 25 minutes by rail...
Area:
- 75.24 km² (29.05 mi² )
Prato
Prato is a city and comune in Tuscany, Italy, the capital of the Province of Prato.
Historically, Prato's economy has been based on the textile industry. The renowned Datini archives are a significant collection of late medieval documents produced...
Area:
- 97 km² (37 mi² )
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Castiglion Fiorentino
Castiglion Fiorentino is a small, walled city in eastern Tuscany, in the province of Arezzo, between the cities of Arezzo and Cortona. It is well known for its annual festivals and Etruscan archeological site.
Castiglion Fiorentino lies at the...
Area:
- 113.19 km² (43.703 mi² )
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Barga
Barga is a medieval town and comune of the province of Lucca in Tuscany, central Italy. It is home to around 10,000 people and is the chief town of the "Media Valle" (mid valley) of the Serchio.
Barga lies 35 kilometres (22 mi) north of the...
Area:
- 66 km² (25 mi² )
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Colle di Val d'Elsa
Colle di Val d'Elsa or Colle Val d'Elsa is a town and comune in Tuscany, Italy, in the province of Siena.
It has a population of c. 20,000 (2005). Its name means "Hill of Elsa Valley", where "Elsa" is the name of the river which crosses it.
Today,...
Area:
- 92 km² (36 mi² )
Pitigliano
Pitigliano is an Italian town and comune of province of Grosseto in the Maremma area of Tuscany. The town stands on an abrupt tuff butte high above the Olpeta, the Fiora and the Lente rivers.
Pitigliano and its area were inhabited in Etruscan times,...
Area:
- 102.89 km² (39.726 mi² )
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Montecatini Terme
Montecatini Terme is an Italian district of 21,095 inhabitants within the province of Pistoia in Tuscany. The most important center in Valdinievole. The town is located at the eastern end of Piana di Lucca and has a strong vocation for tourism, as...
Area:
- 17 km² (6.6 mi² )
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Pienza
Pienza, a town and comune in the province of Siena, in the Val d'Orcia in Tuscany (central Italy), between the towns of Montepulciano and Montalcino, is the "touchstone of Renaissance urbanism."
In 1996, UNESCO declared the town a World Heritage...
Area:
- 122 km² (47.1 mi² )
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Montepulciano
Montepulciano, a medieval and Renaissance hill town and comune in the province of Siena in southern Tuscany, (Italy). Montepulciano, with an elevation of 605 m, sits on a high limestone ridge. By car it is 13 km E of Pienza; 70 km SE of Siena, 124...
Area:
- 165 km² (63.7 mi² )
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Villa di Poggio Imperiale
Villa del Poggio Imperiale (English: Villa of the Imperial Hill) is a predominantly neoclassical former grand ducal Villa to the south of Florence in Tuscany, central Italy. From obscure beginnings, it became in succession a seized possession of the...
