Tuscany is one of the largest and most important Italian regions for the historical, artistic, economic, and cultural landscape. Mail in central [1], bordered to the north-west with Liguria to the north with the Emilia-Romagna, on the east by the Marches and Umbria, to the south with Lazio.
To the west, its 397 km of continental coastline are bathed by the Ligurian Sea in the north-central section between Carrara (border with Liguria) and the Gulf of Baratti, [2], the Tyrrhenian Sea washes the other hand the final southern coast between Cape Piombino and the mouth of Chiarone, which marks the border with Lazio. The regional capital is Florence, largest and most populous city (366,074 inhabitants), and main fulcrum of history, art and economic-administrative, the other provincial capitals are: Arezzo, Grosseto, Livorno, Lucca, Massa Carrara, Pisa, Pistoia , Prato and Siena.
The Tuscany also administers the islands of the Tuscan Archipelago, in addition to a small enclave located within the borders of Emilia Romagna, belonging to the municipality of Badia Tedalda, whose villages have become places therein. Until 1859 was an independent state created by the Republic of Florence. Since then he has been part of the Kingdom of Sardinia, the Kingdom of Italy and today the Italian Republic.
In the Grand Ducato era also had a hymn composed by the Florentine Aegisthus Moselle and entitled Leopolda. The regional festival, established in 1999, marks the 30th November, in remembrance of that day in 1786 when it was abolished the death penalty in the Grand Ducato of Tuscany.
Tuscany is universally known for its great wealth of monuments and works of art known around the world are the cities of Florence, Pisa, Siena and Lucca, and less known but not for this "second" to the centers mentioned above as a monumental wealth centers are Arezzo, Grosseto, Pistoia and Prato, finally, practically "all new" tourism-albeit characterized by fine monuments are the city of Livorno, Massa and Carrara. Not less important are the many small towns, some of them real historical city perfectly preserved, guardians of works of art of inestimable value as:
Umbria is a region of central post of 897,254 inhabitants in the heart of the peninsula. With an area of 8456 kilometers ² (6,334 the province of Perugia, Terni to 2122) is one of the smallest Italian regions and the only one not to have external borders, land or sea. It is also the only region of peninsular not to be washed by the sea. It is bordered to the east and north-east by the Marche, to the west and north-west by Tuscany and the south and south-west by Lazio. There is also a former clubs in the Marche region, belonging to the municipality of Citta di Castello. The regional capital is Perugia.
Farmhouses in Tuscany and Umbria - Cortona holiday vacation accommodations with pools and tennis courts, parking, table tennis, excursions on foot and on horseback, near Lake Trasimeno for watersports, proximity to golf courses. Cortona Vacanze also means to stay in holiday homes tastefully furnished, situated in Cortona in Tuscany and Umbria, an ideal vacation for the family in the Tuscan and Umbrian ideal for relaxation.
