HERITAGE RECORD · 174

Historic Centre of Florence

佛罗伦萨

The official record, selection criteria and sourced cultural context.

World Heritage record

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, Brunelleschi, Botticelli and Michelangelo.

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Wikidata reference

QIDQ2707802 ↗

Area505 ha

Administrative areaQ2044

WikipediaHistoric Centre of Florence ↗

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Selection criteria

This property was inscribed under the following World Heritage Convention criteria.

(i)A masterpiece of human creative genius.

(ii)An important interchange of human values in architecture, technology, arts, town planning or landscape design.

(iii)A unique or exceptional testimony to a cultural tradition or civilisation.

(iv)An outstanding example of a building, ensemble or landscape illustrating a significant stage in human history.

Cultural archive

Related poem

Midway through the journey of our life, I found myself in a dark wood.

Dante Alighieri · Inferno, Canto IOriginal: Nel mezzo del cammin di nostra vita mi ritrovai per una selva oscuraOriginal work in the public domainSource ↗

Atlas note

Florence weaves workshops, piazzas and the human scale into one city.

项目编辑总结，依据 UNESCO 档案与相关资料。Atlas editorial contentSource ↗

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