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[[caption-width-right:350:Three of Florence's famous landmarks, left to right: the Ponte Vecchio ("Old Bridge"), the Palazzo Vecchio ("Old Palace", with the tower), and the cathedral Santa Maria del Fiore ("Duomo").]]

Florence (''Firenze'' in Italian) is a world famous city in the region of [[UsefulNotes/TheBraveRegionsOfItalia Tuscany]], in central UsefulNotes/{{Italy}}.

Once a powerful [[UsefulNotes/TheCityStateEra city-state]] and the cradle of UsefulNotes/TheRenaissance, it is known in large part for the stunning amount of Renaissance and Classical artworks contained within; Creator/MichelangeloBuonarroti's ''Art/{{David}}'', one of the most famous sculptures in human history, calls Florence home. So does the Uffizi Gallery, one of the largest art museums in the world, which includes masterpieces of the Renaissance by Creator/SandroBotticelli, Creator/LeonardoDaVinci, and countless other famous artists.

In the SmallReferencePools of pop culture, a fondness for Florence is used as a quick and easy way of demonstrating a character's erudition and culture (either the [[BadassBookworm heroic]] or [[WickedCultured villainous]] sort).
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!!Works featuring Florence include:

* Creator/DanteAlighieri wrote ''Literature/TheDivineComedy'' when he was exiled from the city. It uses Florence's rich history extensively to explore the extents of Inferno, Purgatory, and Paradise.
* Dante's younger compatriot and admirer Creator/GiovanniBoccaccio also used his city's history, politics, and culture as grist for his work. Notably, the ''brigata'' of the FrameStory of ''Literature/TheDecameron'' are all young Florentine ladies and gentlemen, and Florence and its surrounding countryside are by far the most common setting for the book's hundred stories.
* Basically anything that revolves around the life of Italian Renaissance figures who were born, lived or went there at some point such as Creator/LeonardoDaVinci, Creator/NiccoloMachiavelli, the Medici family, Girolamo Savonarola, Benvenuto Cellini, Donatello, Michelangelo and many others. Among these:
** ''Series/TheBorgias'', with the rise of Girolamo Savonarola.
** ''Series/{{Borgia}}'' shows a bit of Cesare's friendship with Giovanni de'Medici.
** ''Manga/CesareIlCreatoreCheHaDistrutto'' takes place in 1491 and shows the deeper connections that existed between the Borgia and Medici families. Cesare was in school with Giovanni de'Medici in Pisa, which was under Florentine control. The [[TheWatson main character]], Angelo da Canossa, is a Florentine who befriends Cesare and Miguel (a.k.a. Michelotto) in school. Cesare visits Florence a few times, and the later volumes depict the death of Lorenzo the Magnificent (Giovanni's father), and the beginning of the changes that come to Florence from that point. The Pazzi Conspiracy (a plot by the nephews of Pope Sixtus IV to assassinate Lorenzo and his brother Giuliano, who did die) also features in flashbacks. Michelangelo and Leonardo also appear. [[Theatre/CesareIlCreatoreCheHaDistrutto The musical adaptation]] features a whole song about Art/{{Primavera}}, and Creator/DanteAlighieri, who appears to Cesare as a vision, is a major character.
** ''Series/DaVincisDemons''
** ''Series/{{Leonardo}}''
** ''Series/{{Medici}}''
** ''Manga/OneWingedMichelangelo'' shows the youth of Michelangelo.
** ''Film/{{Sin|2019}}'' -- Several landmarks of the 16th century city are seen and the Medici family's rise to prominence in the whole of Italy is brought up, and there's Michelangelo's art of course.
* ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed'':
** ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedII'': Much of the early game is spent in Renaissance era Florence, as the protagonist, Ezio Auditore, was born and raised there and ended up [[BeenThereShapedHistory helping the Medici against their common enemies, the Pazzi]], and [[InThePastEveryoneWillBeFamous befriended Leonardo]]. The late 15th century city is recreated in painstaking detail, as well as neighbor smaller cities of Tuscany such as Monteriggioni (the headquarters of the Auditore family and the Tuscany Assassins) and San Gimignano. The DLC ''Bonfire of the Vanities'' also takes place there later in the game, with Ezio going up against the ReignOfTerror of Girolamo Savonarola.
** The prequel short film ''Film/AssassinsCreedLineage'' is also mostly set in Florence, mere days before the game starts. Ezio's father Giovanni fights against Templar mooks inside the Duomo, most notably.
** The city likewise appears in optional flashbacks of Ezio's youth that flesh out his tragic love affair with Cristina Vespucci in ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedBrotherhood''.
** Just like Ezio's life started in Florence, it ends there in ''WesternAnimation/AssassinsCreedEmbers''.
* Franchise/HannibalLecter has expressed his love for the city in ''Literature/TheSilenceOfTheLambs'' and in other stories. Lecter ends up spending a lot of time in Florence in the novel ''Literature/{{Hannibal}}'' and the NBC drama, ''Series/{{Hannibal}}''. In both stories, he was on his way to earning tenure at a prestigious Florentine university before he was discovered by the FBI and Mason Verger's henchmen.
* ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'': [[BigDamnMovie Paint it White]] wherein Firenze is overrun and "drained" by the Pict early on. Apparently, putting white flags over the city didn't help much.
* ''Literature/TheEnchantressOfFlorence''. Large portions of the book also take place in India, however.
* Most of ''Literature/{{Inferno|2013}}'' (the book and the film) takes place in Florence, as its plot is heavily mired in Dante Alighieri references.
* Music/GiacomoPuccini's opera ''Theatre/GianniSchicchi'' is set in Florence, and has an aria in praise of the city.
* The Italian comedy film series ''Film/MyFriends'' was filmed and set there in TheSeventies.
* Creator/MichaelBay's ''Film/SixUnderground'' has parts set there, with people {{roofhopping}} in the city, including one who goes down the dome of the Santa Maria del Fiore Cathedral.
* ''Series/PhilomenaCunk'': Episode 3 of ''Cunk on Earth'', discussing the Renaissance, is partly filmed on location in Florence.
* ''Manga/GunslingerGirl''. In "Protezione", Jean and his cyborg Rico stalk a Padania accountant visiting the Uffizi Gallery by posing as tourists.
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