Republic of Florence

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The Republic of Florence was a powerful late medieval and Renaissance Italian city-state centered on Florence, renowned for its banking, commerce, and patronage of art, science, and humanism.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Italian city-state
historical state
republic
alliedWith Kingdom of France
Republic of Venice
capital Florence
coatOfArms red fleur-de-lis on white field
commonLanguage Italian
conflictWith Duchy of Milan
Papal States
Republic of Pisa
continent Europe
country Italy
currency Tuscan florin
surface form: Florin

Tuscan florin
surface form: Gold florin
endTime 1532
flag red fleur-de-lis on white field
followedBy Duchy of Florence
foundedBy Florentine communes
governmentType oligarchic republic
hasInstitution Republic of Florence self-linksurface differs
surface form: Florentine Republic Signoria

Florentine banking houses
Florentine guilds
Gonfaloniere of Justice
hasMotto “Libertas”
hasPart Arezzo
Florentine contado
Pisa
Pistoia
Prato
knownFor Renaissance culture
banking
commerce
humanism
patronage of science
patronage of the arts
textile industry
locatedIn Tuscany
locatedInTime Middle Ages
Renaissance
memberOf Italian city-states system
notableFamily Albizzi family
House of Medici
surface form: Medici family

Strozzi family
notablePerson Amerigo Vespucci
Dante Alighieri
Donatello
Filippo Brunelleschi
Giotto
Leonardo da Vinci
Michelangelo
Niccolò Machiavelli
Francesco Petrarca
surface form: Petrarch

Sandro Botticelli
notableRuler Cosimo de' Medici
Girolamo Savonarola
Lorenzo de' Medici
Piero de' Medici
surface form: Piero di Cosimo de' Medici
precededBy Margraviate of Tuscany
religion Roman Catholicism
replacedBy Duchy of Florence
significantEvent Ciompi Revolt
Italian Wars
Pazzi Conspiracy
Siege of Florence (1529–1530)
War of the Eight Saints
expulsion of the Medici (1494)
rule of Savonarola
startTime 1115
12th century
uses Latin in official documents

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Salone dei Cinquecento commissionedBy Republic of Florence
this entity surface form: Florentine Republic
Hall of Lilies symbolizes Republic of Florence
this entity surface form: Florentine Republic
Medici family associatedWith Republic of Florence
this entity surface form: Florentine Republic
Guicciardini family country Republic of Florence
invasion of Italy (1494–1495) hasLocation Republic of Florence
Daniele da Volterra countryOfCitizenship Republic of Florence
Fausto Sozzini birthPlace Republic of Florence
Fausto Sozzini citizenship Republic of Florence
First Italian War (1494–1495) hasParticipant Republic of Florence