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Regione Toscana
Zone Central Italy
Capital Florence
President Claudio Martini
Provinces Arezzo
Firenze
Grosseto
Livorno
Lucca
Massa-Carrara
Pisa
Pistoia
Prato
Siena
Municipalities 287
Area 23,000 kmē
Population
 - Total
 - Density

3,600,000
163/kmē
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Map higlighting the location of Toscana in Italy
Tuscany ( Italian Toscana) is a region in central Italy, bordering on Latium to the south, Umbria to the east, Emilia-Romagna and Liguria to the north, and the Tyrrhenian Sea to the west. It is often regarded as among the most beautiful parts of Italy.

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Tuscany was the region in which the Italian Renaissance produced its first results. The unique artistic patrimony of this region includes architecture, painting and sculpture, collected in dozens of famous museums like the Uffizi in Florence and in situ in even quite small cities.

Tuscany is also known for its wineThis article is about the beverage. See WINE for an article about the software of the same name. Wine is an alcoholic beverage typically made by fermentation of grapes. The word comes from Greek omicron;ινο&sigmaf through Latin vinum, (bots (most famous of which are ChiantiChianti is Italy's most famous red wine. It used to be easily identified by its squat bottles covered in straw baskets, called fiaschi''. It is produced in Tuscany, in strictly delimited areas among the provinces of Florence, Siena, Arezzo and Grosseto., Morellino di Scansano and Brunello di Montalcino ) and has 120 protected regions ( nature reserveA nature reserve is an area of importance for wildlife, flora, fauna or features of geological or other special interest, which is reserved and managed for conservation and to provide special opportunities for study or research. Nature reserves may be dess).

Notable tourist destinations in Tuscany include Florence, PisaThis article is about Pisa in Italy. For other places of the same name, see Pisa (disambiguation). Pisa (population 90,000) is a city in Tuscany, Italy at the mouth of the river Arno on the Mediterranean. By far the best known sight in Pisa is the famous, LuccaLucca (population 90,000) is a city in Tuscany, northern central Italy, near (but not on) the Ligurian Sea. It is one of the most conservative and richest cities in Northern Italy. Cattedrale San Martino, Lucca Lucca was founded by the Etruscans and becam, Maremma (in Grosseto province), Crete Senesi, and ( Siena). Though it is famous for its villas, Tuscany is currently promoting "agritourism" ( Agriturismo), in which visitors stay on working farms.





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