TUSCANY
Tuscany was tore apart by the violence and intercommunal
strife during the Middle Ages. The Medici family, the
great patron of the Renaissance, who supported eminent scientists
such as Galileo, built several imposing castles and villas.
Today
Northern Tuscany, where is between Florence and Lucca, is the heavily
populated plain. The area was centered aroud Livorno. Pisa, which
turned its power into the western Mediterranean between 11 to 13th
centuries, is now eonomic hub in the region.
Its
navy worked extensively here for opening up the trading routes
with North Africa and bringing the benefits of Arabic scientific
and artistic achievement. Then the end of Pisan's power came when
the Arno estuary began to silt up in the 16th century.
The
central part of Toscany, where lies Siena, achived the finest hour
after gaining the victory in the Battle of Montamerti but it
was the short time and the town was devastated by the Black Death
in 14th century and finally was defeated by Florence.
Mountain
peaks and woodland symbolize ortheastern Tuscany and it once stood
by the hermits and saints while the east was home to Piero della
Francesca who was the early Rennaissance painter. |
