HOLIDAY ROMANCE; Falling in love with Florence When it comes to romance, forget Venice and fall for beautiful Florence instead. As Valentine's Day draws near EMILY ANDREWS visits the Italian city where you just can't help falling in love.(Features)

From: Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England) | Date: February 12, 2006 | Copyright information

Byline: EMILY ANDREWS

IT'S impossible not to be charmed by Florence. Around every twist and turn of its mediaeval streets is a new delight.

There's the breathtaking multi-coloured Duomo - or cathedral - and the treasures inside the Uffizi art gallery. There's the shop-laden Ponte Vecchio which spans the river Arno.

And you can't miss the jaw-dropping frescoes in the many churches.

As the birthplace of the Renaissance it really is the epitome of everything that is beautiful and refined in Italian civilisation.

Under the rule of the Medici family in the 15th ...

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