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Florence, Historic Centre
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Palazzo Vecchio
Santa Croce
Corridoio Vasariano e Ponte Vecchio
Giardino di Boboli
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Florence, Historic Centre
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The historical centre of Florence, enclosed within the area of the avenues where the old, mediaeval walls used to be, houses the most important works of art in Florence, declared a Heritage of Mankind by UNESCO in 1982. Proof of their importance is given by Santa Maria del Fiore Cathedral, Palazzo Vecchio, the Basilicas of Santa Croce and Santa Maria Novella, Palazzo Medici-Riccardi, Palazzo Pitti and Palazzo degli Uffizi.
As the centre from which the Italian Renaissance spread out, Florence's art treasures are known the world over. Every year, millions of tourists come to Florence to visit her most important museums. Mindful of such a great inheritance, the local authority advances cultural life in the city by organising important events (exhibitions, concerts, conferences, etc.) and undertakes restoration work for the recovery, preservation, and harnessing of the artistic and architectural heritage.
From the report of the 6th session off the UNESCO World Heritage Committee:
Historic Centre of Florence
Id N° 174 1982 C (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (vi)
Criterion (i): a masterpiece of human creative genius.
Criterion (ii): shows an important exchange of human values, in one period all cultural area of the world, in developing architecture and technology, monumental or town art, or landscaping.
Criterion (iii): bears unique (or at least extraordinary) testimony to a cultural tradition or civilisation, either currently existing or from the past.
Criterion (iv): is an extraordinary example of a type of building or architectural, technological, or landscaping ensemble which bears witness to important stages in the history of mankind.
Criterion (vi): is directly or materially connected to modern events or traditions, by way of ideas, via creeds or artistic or literary works having exceptional universal values (the committee believes that this criterion justifies the inclusion in lists only in exceptional circumstances, when taken together with other cultural or natural criteria).
As the centre from which the Italian Renaissance spread out, Florence's art treasures are known the world over. Every year, millions of tourists come to Florence to visit her most important museums. Mindful of such a great inheritance, the local authority advances cultural life in the city by organising important events (exhibitions, concerts, conferences, etc.) and undertakes restoration work for the recovery, preservation, and harnessing of the artistic and architectural heritage.
From the report of the 6th session off the UNESCO World Heritage Committee:
Historic Centre of Florence
Id N° 174 1982 C (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (vi)
Criterion (i): a masterpiece of human creative genius.
Criterion (ii): shows an important exchange of human values, in one period all cultural area of the world, in developing architecture and technology, monumental or town art, or landscaping.
Criterion (iii): bears unique (or at least extraordinary) testimony to a cultural tradition or civilisation, either currently existing or from the past.
Criterion (iv): is an extraordinary example of a type of building or architectural, technological, or landscaping ensemble which bears witness to important stages in the history of mankind.
Criterion (vi): is directly or materially connected to modern events or traditions, by way of ideas, via creeds or artistic or literary works having exceptional universal values (the committee believes that this criterion justifies the inclusion in lists only in exceptional circumstances, when taken together with other cultural or natural criteria).
Editorial staff : Association of Italian World Heritage Sites