BY : RODRIGO NIETO MORENO

SCHOOL: I.E.S. LA SENDA CLASS: 3ºD

GEOGRAPHY (LOCATION AND SURRONDINGS)

Florence is located in Italy and the capital of Florence is Tuscany.

Florence has its own republic where they had their own form of government and way of living.

The geography of Florence include many differents types of landscapes, land forms, mayor rivers, lakes and they have a lot of neighboring cities, that they have a lot of influence in Italy.

The location in Florence is near to the mountain chain named the Apennine chain. The south of Florence lies the city of Rome and the city of Naples. The north of Florence are the cities Parma, Ferrara, Ravenna, Padova, Treviso, Paviaetc…

GEOGRAPHY (CLIMATE)

The geography of Florence, Italy also consists of both humid subtropical weather and Mediterranean climate because of its location.

On the four seasons there are a temperature of : in the summer from 16ºC to 31ºC, in the autumn more or less 22ºC, in the winter from 1ºC to 10ºC and in spring from 15ºC to 20ºC.

URBAN PLAN

The city of Florence is divided into five main “districts”: Centro storico ; Campo de Marte; Gavinana-Galluzzo; Isolotto-Legnaia; and Rifredi.

HOW IS THE CITY LAID OUT ? Although most of the city

of Florence was a creation of the nascent Renaissance era, the city’s Roman beginnings as a typical castrum, or garrison town

The tipe of houses are normal they have flat and houses they use Englandhouses and some flat abovethe river like hang .

They also have churchsmonuments and museums.

HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT

The history of Florence start whit the colonies of Rome butin Prehistory there was alredy occupied. But the importantone was when Rome was very powerful and one of Caesar´scolonies go there to protect the city and protect the people.

A fifteenth century legend claimed that the city’s Baptistery was built on the foundations of an ancient Roman temple dedicated to Mars, the god of war and ancient protector of the city. Today, no architectural evidence exists to bring any truth to this myth; nonetheless some traces of Florence’s Roman past can still be seen in the city. Now we can saw some progress but some parts of Forence continue the same.

THE OLD FLORENCE FLORENCE NOW

Environmental Issues Florence, Italy has many problem with the

envirmental issues the main problems are : Water pollution, urban and industrial pollution, acidification, and deforestation are somes. But the biggest problem is the air pollution if we say that on a scale of 1 to 100, where 1 is the lowest and 100 is the most, air pollution is a 61.82 this means that they have a big problem with this.

If more parks and gardens were built, it would help make the environment and the city itself healthier because the variety of plants can give off fresh air.

Many of the manufacturing buildings should be relocated at a farther distance where the environment is not affected.

Solar-powered houses are also a good option for saving energy.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

http://uncoveringflorence.weebly.com/history.html

http://www.10best.com/destinations/italy/florence/neighborhoods/

http://www.aboutflorence.com/history-of-Florence.html

http://www.mekomy.com/experiences/372-urban-development-florence-before-the-renaissance-from-its-roman-origins-to-medieval-times

http://uncoveringflorence.weebly.com/environmental-issues.html