Region of Tuscany

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Renowned for its art, history and evocative landscape, Tuscany is a region where the past and the present merge in pleasant harmony. Hill-towns gaze across the countryside form on high, many encircled by Etruscan walls and spender cypress trees. Handsome palaces testify to the region's wealth while medieval town halls indicated a long-standing traditional of democracy and self-government.

Capital Florence
Provinces Pisa
Arezzo
Firenze
Grosseto
Livorno
Lucca
Massa-Carrara
Pistoia
Prato
Siena
Municipalities 287
Area 22990 km2
Population (2004 est.) 3516296
  Climate of Tuscany
Month
Average monthly maximum temperature Average daily hours of sunshine Average monthly rainfall
April
8 to 17 8 hrs 72 mm
July
16 to 29 11 hrs 30 mm
October
14 to 22 6 hrs 90 mm
January
2 to 10 5 hrs 65 mm
Regions of Italy