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The River Arno is the most important river in Central Italy( link Italy DG) after the Tiber. It has supported life in Tuscany tor centuries and provided a vital trade link for historic cities and regions linking Tuscany ‘s western coastal ports with the Apennine Mountains in the north eastern region where the 240 kilometre river has its source. From there it flows through the historic cities of Arezzo, Florence and Pisa.
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The all powerful Medici dynasty of the Italian Renaissance created The Villa di Pratolino and its vast grounds in the hills above Florence in the 16th century. Modelled on the Villa de Este outside Rome it is best known today for a giant sculpture known as the Apennine Collosus.
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Pisa is marketing itself as a quieter version of Florence given the massive tourist crowds descending on Italy’s foremost Renaissance city.
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Tuscany, Florence and the Renaissance have long been linked to a succession of powerful Italian families but one more than others has found its way into the history books.
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Despite many of his works having been lost the few that survive are some of the most influential paintings in Western art.
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