FLORENCE, SC (WMBF) - Long before modern day Florence, the city, the county and much of the region was inhabited by the Pee Dee Indians. It wasn't until the Revolutionary War that the seedlings for ...

Founded during Roman times, Florence has for centuries been a hub of commerce. At its center: the Duomo Cathedral and the Ponte Vecchio bridge, built in the 14th century. It was the only bridge in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FLORENCE — The city of Florence was originally named Florentia, which in Latin means blossoming. Therefore it was only fitting ...

If you look out over Florence from Piazzale Michelangelo, high above the Arno, two domes catch your eye. One is Filipo Brunelleschi’s masterpiece, the immense ribbed dome of the Duomo. The other, off ...

Image still from The Innocents of Florence (2019), Nicoletta Fontani preparing conservation materials to work on “Mother of the Innocents” (1446) (all images via The Innocents of Florence) For all of ...

NORTHAMPTON - Think of it as an illustrated trip down Memory Lane (with lots of photos of Main, Maple and Park streets thrown in for good measure). In fact, the newly released "Florence" has more than ...

WE are so accustomed to trace the cultured prosperity of mediæval Florence to the tasteful, though unscrupulous despotism of Lorenzo de Medici, that we are apt to forget the real source of that ...

Pinal County Historical Museum The museum, at 715 S. Main St., is one of the stops on the tour and offers a good opportunity to get a taste of Florence history before visiting other sites. "There's ...