Firenze
Channel: Say it in Italian
Date: 2012-11-19

Firenze (Florence) is the capital of the north Italian region of Tuscany, the city of Renaissance art and architecture and monuments.
Florence is famous for its history. A centre of medieval European trade and finance and one of the wealthiest cities of the time, Florence is considered the birthplace of the Renaissance and from 1865 to 1870 the city was also the capital of  Italy. 
Despite Latin being the main language of the courts and the Church, writers such as Dante Alighieri and many others used their own language, the Florentine dialect, in composing their works. In the 14th century, Petrarch and Giovanni Boccaccio led the literary scene in Florence after Dante's death in 1321.