{"id":26988,"date":"2023-07-22T08:01:58","date_gmt":"2023-07-22T06:01:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.historyextra.com\/?p=236341"},"modified":"2023-07-22T12:12:46","modified_gmt":"2023-07-22T10:12:46","slug":"historys-greatest-cities-florence","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/rss_feed\/historys-greatest-cities-florence\/","title":{"rendered":"History\u2019s greatest cities: Florence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"> In our series exploring the sights and stories of Europe\u2019s most fascinating historic cities, Catherine Fletcher shares new perspective on the Italian city famed for its art and architecture <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Catherine Fletcher\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">2023-07-22 06:01:58<\/p><hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body> <p>In episode one of our series exploring the sights and stories of Europe\u2019s most fascinating, enduring and historic destinations, travel journalist Paul Bloomfield is joined by author and historian Catherine Fletcher for a trip to Florence.<\/p>\n<p>Together they explore its pre-Roman origins, its medieval rise to regional dominance, the cultural golden age under the Medici family and its place in the unified Italy. 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