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Florence History
Florence’s Foundation dates back to Roman times. There are evidences showing that Florence was occupied in prehistoric period. the oldest part of the city bears the similarity with the Roman origin, because it originated as one of the Caesar’s colonies. For the sake of defense, the city was set at the confluence of two streams, the Arno and the Mugnone, where the oldest populations had previously been located.
The invasion’s of the barbarian’s impaired the importance of Florence. In 405, the city managed to halt the hordes of Radagaisus, but later it could not avoid being involved in the disastrous Gotho- Byzantine war.In the 8th century a feudal system was installed Florence become the holy roman Empire. Around the 11th century Florence position in Tuscany become more important because the lucca was no longer the seat of marquisate and also because of the city’s decisive participation in the movement for the reform of the church.
During the period between the end of the 13th century and starting of the 14th century, The popolo minuto-middle and lower middle classes- and the popolo grasso-wealthy merchants-were accentuated .The latter had a firm grip on the power, but in the 14th century the popolo minuto tried several times to broaden the democratic base of the government.
Lorraines left Florence for good in the 1859. joined the Savoy Reign of Unified Italywas joined by Tuscany. Following that and after the Second War of Independence, Florence was the capital of Italy for 5 years from 1865 to 1870. The historical city Florence underwent intensive urban renovation, which completely destroyed the Old Market and its Jewish quarter, near to the present day Piazza della Repubblica. The square can be seen to represent the destruction of a thousand years of urbanistic stratification, substituted with an anonymous geometrical layout of buildings, amongst which some monuments have been left intact, emerging with no connection to the buildings around them.
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