Tuscany
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.
Points of interest
Tuscany was perhaps the region in which the Italian Renaissance produced its best results. The unique artistic patrimony of this region includes architecture, painting and sculpture, collected in dozens of famous museums like the Uffizi in Florence.
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 the Grosseto district), Crete Senesi, and (Siena). Tuscany is currently promoting "agritourism" (Agriturismo), in which visitors stay on working farms.
History
See main article: History of Tuscany
Provinces of Tuscany
Other notable cities
Island islands
Geographical data
Area: 22,992 km2
Population (2000): 3,536,392
Population density: 163/km2
Number of administrative areas: 278
External links
Referenced By
1737 | 1971 | 351 BC | Abas | Abdicate | AbdicatioN | Alabaster | Alboin | Alfred von Reumont | Amedeo Modigliani | Andrea Boccelli | Andrea Bocelli | Antipope Benedict X | Archbishop of Salzburg | Arezzo | Arezzo, Italy | Arno | Arno river | Attractions | Ausonia | Baduela | Baduila | Baudila | Beato Angelico | Bellarmine | Benedetto Accolti | Bernardo Pasquini | Birth of the Italian Republic | Boboli Gardens | Boccaccio | Bonaparte | Bonapartes | Bonaventure | Camillo Benso | Camillo Benso, Conte di Cavour | Camillo Benso conte di Cavour | Camillo Cavour | Carlo Alberto of Sardinia | Carlo Collodi | Carlo Gozzi | Carmelite | Carmelite Order | Carmelites | Carrara | Carrara marble | Catharine de Ricci | Cavour | Charles Albert of Savoy | Chianti | Christina, Grand Duchess of Tuscany | Cinnabar | Cinnabarite | Congress of Vienna | Cortona | Cosimo I | Cosimo I de' Medici | Cosimo I de Medici | Cosimo I di Giovanni de' Medici | Count Camillo Benso di Cavour | Count Cavour | Crete Senesi | Cuisine of Italy | Dante | Dante Alighieri | Desiderius | DravidianLanguages | Dravidian language | Dravidian languages | Durante Dante Alighiere | Elba | Emperor Francis I | Emperor Leopold II | Enea Silvio Piccolomini | Enrico Berlinguer | Etruria | Etruscan language | Ferdinand | Festa del' unità | Festa dell'Unità | Firenza | Firenze | First French Empire | Florence | Florence, Italy | Florentine | Florentine Republic | Founding of Rome | Fra Angelico | Fra Filippo Lippi | Francesco Zuccarelli | Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor | Frederick III of Sicily | French Riviera | Gallurese | George Colman the Elder | Giannutri | Giorgio Vasari | Giovanni Angelo Braschi | Giovanni Boccaccio | Giovanni Braschi ...
|
