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Definition: Tuscany from Collins English Dictionary

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1 a region of central Italy, on the Ligurian and Tyrrhenian Seas: corresponds roughly to ancient Etruria; a region of numerous small states in medieval times; united in the 15th and 16th centuries under Florence; united with the rest of Italy in 1861. Capital: Florence. Pop: 3 516 296 (2003 est). Area: 22 990 sq km (8876 sq miles) Italian name: Toscana

Tuscany

From The Columbia Encyclopedia
(tŭs'kӘnē), Ital. Toscana , region (1991 pop. 3,538,619), 8,876 sq mi (22,989 sq km), N central Italy, bordering on the Tyrrhenian Sea in the west and including the Tuscan Archipelago. Florence is the capital of the region, which is divided into the provinces of Arezzo, Florence, Grosseto, Livorno, Lucca, Massa-Carrara, Pisa, Pistoia, and Siena (named for their principal cities). In the late Middle Ages and throughout the Renaissance, Tuscany was a center of the arts and of learning. The Tuscan spoken language became the literary language of Italy after Dante Alighieri, Petrarch, and Boccaccio used it. Notable schools of architecture, sculpture, and painting developed from the 11th cent. in many cities, particularly Florence, Pisa, Siena, and Arezzo. From the 16th cent., however, intellectual and artistic life was almost wholly concentrated in Florence. There are universities at Florence, Pisa, and Siena. This prosperous economic region is mostly hilly and mountainous. There is much…
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From The Columbia Encyclopedia
(tŭs'kӘnē), Ital. Toscana , region (1991 pop. 3,538,619), 8,876 sq mi (22,989 sq km), N central Italy, bordering on the Tyrrhenian Sea in the west and including the Tuscan Archipelago. Florence is the capital of the region, which is divided into the provinces of Arezzo, Florence, Grosseto, Livorno, …
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From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
Region of north central Italy, on the west coast, comprising the provinces of Massa e Carrara, Arezzo, Florence, Grosseto, Livorno, Lucca, Pisa, Pistoia, Prato, and Siena; area 22,997 sq km/8,879 sq mi; population (2001 est) 3,460,800. Its capital is Florence , and cities include Pisa, Livorno, and…
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From Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
Region (pop., 2011 prelim.: 3,673,457), west-central Italy. It covers 8,877 sq mi (22,992 sq km), and its capital is Florence . Originally settled by Etruscans c. 1000 bce , Tuscany came under Roman rule in the 3rd century bce . It was a Lombard duchy in the 6th century ce . It comprised several…
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1046–1115, countess of Tuscany, called the Great Countess; supporter of Pope Gregory VII in the papal conflict with the Holy Roman emperors. Ruling over Tuscany and parts of Emilia-Romagna and Umbria, she controlled the most powerful feudal state in central Italy. It was at her castle at Canossa…
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In the 1970s the historiography of the Italian Renaissance city was revolutionized by approaches and methods imported from the fields of anthropology and sociology. As a result, historians questioned central elements of Jacob Burckhardt's epochal nineteenth-century essay, which presented the Italian…
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Saint Sabinus before the Governor of Tuscany (?)
The panel is probably part of the predella of Lorenzetti's 'Birth of the Virgin' of 1342, painted for the altar of Saint Sabinus in Siena Cathedral (now in the Museo dell' Opera del Duomo, Siena). It was one of four altarpieces, showing the life of the Virgin, for the altars of the four patron…
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From Merriam-Webster's Geographical Dictionary
Autonomous region, W Italy; on Tyrrhenian and Ligurian seas bet. Lazio and Liguria; ✽ Florence; mountainous, with marshes in coastal areas; watered by Arno, Cecina, Serchio, and Ombrone rivers; considerable mineral wealth (lead, zinc, mercury, copper, lignite, marble); chemical, textile, …
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known as the Great Countess of Tuscany c.1046-1115 Italian noblewoman The daughter of the Margrave Boniface II of Canossa, she was intelligent, well-educated and determined. She inherited much of northern Italy and married first Godfrey the Hunchback, Duke of Upper Lorraine (d.1076), and later, Welf…
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