Definitions for "Florence"
Keywords:  tuscany, arno, renaissance, italy, city
A wealthy city in the Tuscany region of Italy. Florence was ruled in the 15th century by the Medici family, who acted as patrons to many writers, artists, and engineers. Galileo was born in Florence in 1564.
a city in central Italy on the Arno; provincial capital of Tuscany; center of the Italian renaissance from 14th to 16th centuries
one of the major cities of the Renaissance. In the 16th century, a variant form of tarot called Minchiate was invented in Florence. There was also a 78-card Florentine tarot deck, but no certain examples of it have survived.
a town in northeast South Carolina; transportation center
Florence is a station on the River Line light rail system, located on U.S. Route 130 in Florence, New Jersey.
Florence is a station on Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority's Metro Blue Line.
Keywords:  shillings, edward, sterling, iii, six
An ancient gold coin of the time of Edward III., of six shillings sterling value.
Keywords:  kind, cloth
A kind of cloth.