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	Florence - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
		Restored twice with the support of both Emperor and Pope, the Medici in 1537 became hereditary dukes of Florence, and in 1569 Grand Dukes of Tuscany, ruling for two centuries.
		At the heart of the city is the Fountain of Neptune, which is a masterpiece of marble sculpture at the terminus of a still functioning Roman aqueduct.
		The Arno river, which cuts through the old part of the city, is as much a character in Florentine history as many of the men who lived there.
	www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/f/l/o/Florence,_Italy_cb20.html (1373 words)

	Florence - tScholars.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		In 1013 the construction was begun of the Basilica di San Miniato al Monte.
		The surge in artistic, literary, and scientific investigation that occurred in Florence in the 14th-16th centuries was precipitated by Florentines' preoccupation with money, banking and trade and with the display of wealth and leisure.
		Added to this, the crises of the Catholic church (especially the controversy over the French Avignon Papacy and the Great Schism) along with the catastrophic effects of the Black Death were to lead to a re-evaluation of medieval values, resultant in the development of a humanist culture, stimulated by the works of Petrarch and Boccaccio.
	www.tscholars.com /encyclopedia/Florence (1897 words)

	music - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about music
		The organ was introduced in the 8th century, and in the 9th century, music using a very primitive form of harmony began to be used in churches, with notation gradually developing towards its present form.
		In the late Middle Ages the Provençal and French troubadours and court composers, such as Guillaume de Machaut, developed a secular music, developed from church and folk music (see also Minnesingers).
		The Florentine Academy (Camerata), a group of artists and writers, aimed to revive the principles of Greek tragedy.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /music (1319 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Florence
		Added to this, the crises of the Catholic church (especially the controversy over the French Avignon Papacy and the Great Schism), along with the catastrophic effects of the Black Death, led to a re-evaluation of medieval values, resulting in the development of a humanist culture, stimulated by the works of Petrarch and Boccaccio.
		At the heart of the city in Piazza della Signoria is Bartolommeo Ammanati's Fountain of Neptune, which is a masterpiece of marble sculpture at the terminus of a still functioning Roman aqueduct.
		The most famous of local secondi are the bistecca fiorentina, the huge slab of Chianina beef cooked over a hot flame and served very rare; and the tagliata, sliced rare beef served on a bed of arugula.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Florence (2467 words)

	Crusader States, Kings of Jerusalem & Cyprus, Templars, Hospitallers, Israel, etc.
		St. Peter is supposed to have founded a church there, in cliffs outside the city, which the author visited in 1970.
		One very intriguing story is that the Templars had in their Paris church the great Menôrâh of Herod's Temple, which Titus had taken to Rome after the fall of Jerusalem, and which later ended up in Constantinople.
		The lists of Grand Masters of the Teutonic and Livonian Knights were originally taken from Bruce R. Gordon's Regnal Chronologies.
	www.friesian.com /outremer.htm (14277 words)

	tastingmenu.com - January 2005 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		We squeezed our way into a table at Trattoria Mario and recognized one of the waitresses as having been working at one of the stalls in the market.
		The sandwich is extremely warm and filling, and just as you're enjoying this Florentine comfort food your tongue happens on some of the sauces and your mouth is filled with sparks.
		The red sauce is sharp and hot with the green (mashed garlic, basil, and onio) is unbelievably bright.
	www.tastingfrance.com /archive/2005/01-january.htm (5497 words)

	The Digital Roman Forum Project of the UCLA Cultural Virtual Reality Laboratory
		Thus, the members of our Scientific Committee for the project to model the Basilica of S. Maria Maggiore in Rome had never considered the problem of the covering and coloring of the interior space of the building; nor had they thought much about the nature and design of the pavement.
		It is unknown whether Biondo planned to enhance his verbal reconstruction of ancient Rome with illustrations or at least a map.
		As far as we know, the great Florentine architect, Leon Battista Alberti, was not aware of the work of Poggio or Biondo when he wrote his Descriptio urbis Romae in the 1440s.
	www.cvrlab.org /research/images/FrischerWorkshopPaperIllustratedWeb.htm (4901 words)

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