Viali di Circonvallazione
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Boulevard
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s surrounding north part of the historic centre
Historic centre of Florence
The historic centre of Florence is quartiere 1 of the Italian city of Florence. This quarter was named a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1982.- External links :* * *...
of Florence
Florence
Florence is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany and of the province of Florence. It is the most populous city in Tuscany, with approximately 370,000 inhabitants, expanding to over 1.5 million in the metropolitan area....
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History
The boulevards follows the outline of the ancient walls of FlorenceFlorence
Florence is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany and of the province of Florence. It is the most populous city in Tuscany, with approximately 370,000 inhabitants, expanding to over 1.5 million in the metropolitan area....
, that were demolished since 1865 according to the Giuseppe Poggi's project to make Florence, then the capital of Italy
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, a modern and big city like the others European capitals.
The big boulevards were inspired by the similar parisian boulevard.
In the draw near the doors of the city were created big square and palaces site of the new bourgeois of the capital.
Today
Today the viali di Circonvallazione are the main arterial street of FlorenceFlorence
Florence is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany and of the province of Florence. It is the most populous city in Tuscany, with approximately 370,000 inhabitants, expanding to over 1.5 million in the metropolitan area....
for the traffic from west to east.
The route (from west) starting from Ponte alla Vittoria bridge is:
- Viale Fratelli Rosselli (with Torre della Serpe and Leopolda Station)
- Piazzale of Porta al Prato
- Viale Filippo Strozzi (aroung the Fortezza da Basso)
- Viale Spartaco Lavagnini
- Piazza della LibertàPiazza della LibertàPiazza della Libertà is the northernmost point of the historic centre of Florence. It was created in the 19th century during works to produce the Viali di Circonvallazione around the city....
(with San Gallo door, Triumphal arch and the Parterre) - Viale Giacomo Matteotti
- Piazzale Donatello (around the English CemeteryEnglish Cemetery, FlorenceThe English Cemetery is in Piazzale Donatello, Florence, Italy.-History:In 1827 the Swiss Evangelical Reformed Church purchased land outside the medieval wall and gate of Porta a' Pinti from Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany for an international and ecumenical cemetery, Russian and Greek Orthodox...
) - Viale Antonio Gramsci
- Piazza BeccariaPiazza BeccariaPiazza Cesare Beccaria is a square of Florence located on the viali di Circonvallazione great boulevards.Realized by the architect Giuseppe Poggi when Florence was Capital of Kingdom of Italy, was dedicated to Cesare Bonesana marchese di Beccaria in 1876....
(with Porta alla Croce, Archive of State and La NazioneLa NazioneLa Nazione is one of the oldest regional newspapers in Italy. It merged with Cavour's famous political newspaper, Il Risorgimento, in 1849. Based in Florence, Italy, it is published in numerous local editions for the regions of Tuscany, Umbria and for the Province of La Spezia in Liguria.-...
headquarters) - From here the boulevards divide into:
- Viale Giovine Italia (with the Torre della Zecca and Arno River)
- Viale Giovanni Amendola