Florence has been included by UNESCO among the “World Heritage Sites”, with a motivation, reported below, which is based on a question: is Florence a city of art or is it a work of art?
“In fact, the concentration of such a rich and valuable historical and artistic heritage, in a circumscribed and well-defined space such as that of the historic center, makes the city unique and precious. Churches of extraordinary beauty, museums and art collections, historical gardens, squares, streets, ancient buildings: Florence can reasonably be defined as a ‘widespread museum’, not a simple container of works of art, but a work of art itself “.