Alta Hotellerie E Turismo Moderno Percorsi Storici Economici E Sociali Dellospitalita Europea Xviii Xx Secolo

Author : Robert Burford
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781396673030
Total Pages : 20 pages
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Download or read book Description of a View of the City of Florence, and the Surrounding Country: Now Exhibiting at the Panorama, Leicester Square (Classic Reprint) written by Robert Burford and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-10-07 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Description of a View of the City of Florence, and the Surrounding Country: Now Exhibiting at the Panorama, Leicester Square Florence is supposed to have been founded by the soldiers of Sylla, about sixty years before Christ, or by the inhabitants of F iesole; it was enlarged and embellished by the Triumvirs, repeatedly assailed during the invasions of the Goths, destroyed by Totila, King of the Ostrogoths, in 553, and rebuilt upwards of two centuries after by Charlemagne; in its early days, it was neither distinguished by remarkable events nor ennobled by great personages but, under the Greek Emperors, became one of the principal cities of Etruria.' When their dominion ceased in Italy, it was one of the first places that adopted the republican form of government; at first aristocratic, but the dissensions of the nobles increasing the power of the people, at last democratic. In the year 1215, a murder, committed in the city, gave rise to the famous factions of the Guelphs and Ghibellines, or the Neri and Bianchi, as they were also called, from the families who headed them. The feuds and contentions of these rival powers present such a series of popular tumults and broils, that Florence may be said to have been in a state of continual civil war for a long series of years, yet, during the middle ages, it was frequently compared with Athens; the arts and sciences were encouraged, and learned men fostered and protected with unbounded liberality; its commerce, at the commencement of the fourteenth century, was so extensive, that it rivalled that of England, France, and Holland, and its districts, according to Machiavelli, could, in a few hours, at the sound of a bell, bring together well-armed men. Under the ascendancy of the merchant princes, in the fifteenth century, particularly Cosmo, the father of his country, and Lorenzo, the magnificent, it attained the greatest height of its commercial importance, and its luxury and elegance were proverbial; but when governed by their successors, under the title of Grand Duke, conferred by the Emperor of Germany, and supported by his tr00ps, commerce declined, and it was soon lost amongst the crowd of Italian cities. The French invasion of 1799, compelled the Grand Duke to fly, and a provisional government of French Generals was formed, until the treaty of Luneville, when Florence was ceded to the Infante of Spain, the Prince of Parma, who took the title of King of Etruria. In 1807, by a second treaty with Spain, Florence was annexed to France, and Buonaparte's sister, Eliza Baziocchi, assumed the reins of government, as his vicegerent. The peace of 1814 restored the Grand Duke Ferdinand III., whose son, Leopold II., now reigns. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.