Viewing Tuscany & Florence
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Degrees of Wealth
In the 15th century an average family could live comfortably on 150 florins a year (the florin was the standard Florentine currency). A palace could be bought for 1,000 florins, a Botticelli painting for 100, a slave for 50 and a servant for 10. To give some idea of the ruling Medici family's wealth, their account books for the years 1433-71 showed 663,755 florins spent over 38 years simply on 'buildings, charitie and taxes'.
Geography
Latitude of Florence: 43° 46 minutes north - the same as Toronto (Canada) and Sapporo (Japan) Longitude of Florence: 11° 14 minutes east Area of Tuscany: 22, 992 sq km Altitude of Florence: 49m above sea level Height of Duomo: 91m Highest point in Tuscany: Monte Cimone (2,165m) Most densely wooded region in Italy: Tuscany Length of the River Arno in Tuscany: 241km Climate
Average January temperature: 6°C Average August temperature: 25°C Average October rainfall: 12.4cm Average July rainfall: 3.5cm Average annual rainfall: 89.4cm Height above street level of 1966 flood: 6m People
Population of Florence in June 1999: 403,294 Population in June 1996: 381,762 Population in June 1994: 388,969 Population of Tuscany: 3.5 million Tourism
Annual number of visitors to Florence: 7 million (estimate) Most popular museum and gallery: Galleria degli Uffizi Annual number of visitors to the Uffizi: 1,150,093 (1995)
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