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Florence Italy is a very beautiful place to go. Florence is capital of Italy's Tuscany region, it's home to many masterpieces of renaissance art and architecture.

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Florence is known as the "cradle of the Renaissance" (la culla del Rinascimento) for its monuments, churches, and buildings. The best-known site of Florence is the domed cathedral of the city, Santa Maria del Fiore, known as The Duomo, whose dome was built by Filippo Brunelleschi.

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History. Controversy continues over who founded Florence. The most commonly accepted story tells us that Emperor Julius Caesar founded Florentia around 59 BC, making it a strategic garrison on the narrowest crossing of the Arno river and thus controlling the Via Flaminia linking Rome to northern Italy and Gaul

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Popular antipasti. ...

Ubiquitous bread. ...

Ribollita & pappa al pomodoro. ...

Panzanella. ...

Bistecca alla fiorentina. ...

Trippa alla fiorentina. ...

Lampredotto. ...

Pappardelle sulla lepre.

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NGREDIENTSNutrition

11ounces whole wheat bread, stale

1lb ripe plum tomatoes or 1 lbcanned plum tomatoes

1medium leek

2tablespoons fresh basil

chili pepper

4cups beef broth

6tablespoons olive oil

salt and pepper

DIRECTIONS

1. Saute the finely sliced leek and chili pepper in olive oil in a pot.

2. When cooked, add chopped tomatoes and chopped fresh basil.

3. Bring to a boil over a medium heat and 5 minutes later, add the broth.

4. Salt and bring to boiling point then add the thinly sliced bread.

5. Leave to cook for 10 minutes more.

6. Remove from heat and leave covered, for about one hour.

7. Before serving, stir well with a whisk.

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