Tuscany
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Tuscany (Italian Toscana) is a region in central Italy, bordering on Latium to the south, Umbria to the east, Emilia-Romagna and Liguria to the north, and the Tyrrhenian Sea to the west. It is often regarded as among the most beautiful parts of Italy.
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Points of interest
Tuscany was the region in which the Italian Renaissance produced its first results. The unique artistic patrimony of this region includes architecture, painting and sculpture, collected in dozens of famous museums like the Uffizi in Florence and in situ in even quite small cities.
Tuscany is also known for its wines (most famous of which are Chianti, Morellino di Scansano and Brunello di Montalcino) and has 120 protected regions (nature reserves).
Notable tourist destinations in Tuscany include Florence, Pisa, Lucca, Maremma (in Grosseto province), Crete Senesi, and Siena. Though it is famous for its villas, Tuscany is currently promoting "agritourism" (Agriturismo), in which visitors stay on working farms.
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| Capital | Florence |
| President | Claudio Martini (Olive Tree) |
| Provinces | Arezzo Firenze Grosseto Livorno Lucca Massa-Carrara Pisa Pistoia Prato Siena |
| Municipalities | 287 |
| Area | 22,990 km² |
| - Ranked | 5th (7.6 %) |
| Population (2001) - Total - Ranked | 3,497,806 9th (6.1 %) 152/km² |
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History
See main article: History of Tuscany
Provinces of Tuscany
Other notable cities and towns in alphabetical order
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- Abbadia San Salvatore
- Borgo San Lorenzo
- Calci
- Capalbio
- Castiglione della Pescaia
- Castiglion Fiorentino
- Certaldo
- Collodi
- Cortona
- Empoli
- Fiesole
- Follonica
- Fucecchio
- Montalcino
- Montecatini Terme
- Montepulciano
- Orbetello
- Pienza
- Piombino
- Poggibonsi
- San Gimignano
- Settignano
- Sinalunga
- Vinci
- Volterra
Islands
Geographical data
Area: 22,992 km2
Population (2000): 3,536,392
Population density: 163/km2
Number of administrative areas: 278
Notable personalities born in Tuscany
- Leon Battista Alberti
- Dante Alighieri
- Beato Angelico
- Roberto Benigni
- Gian Lorenzo Bernini
- Giovanni Boccaccio
- Luigi Boccherini
- Andrea Bocelli
- Sandro Botticelli
- Filippo Brunelleschi
- Duccio di Buoninsegna
- Oreste Del Buono
- Giosu� Carducci
- Countess de Castiglione
- Benevenuto Cellini
- Carlo Collodi
- Baccio D'Agnolo
- Donatello
- Marsilio Ficino
- Rosso Fiorentino
- Piero della Francesca
- Galileo Galilei
- Lorenzo Ghiberti
- Giotto
- Giovanni Gronchi
- Francesco Guicciardini
- Mario Luzi
- Niccol� Machiavelli
- Curzio Malaparte
- Masaccio
- Pietro Mascagni
- Lorenzo de Medici
- Antonio Meucci
- Michelangelo
- Amedeo Modigliani
- Aldo Palazzeschi
- Francesco Petrarca
- Niccol� Pisano
- Pontormo
- Vasco Pratolini
- Giacomo Puccini
- Andrea della Robbia
- Luca della Robbia
- Girolamo Savonarola
- Bernardino da Siena
- Santa Caterina da Siena
- Giuseppe Ungaretti
- Giorgio Vasari
- Andrea del Verrocchio
- Amerigo Vespucci
- Leonardo da Vinci