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www .regione .toscana .it. Tuscany ( / ˈtʌskəni / TUSK-ə-nee, Italian: Toscana, Italian: [tos'kaːna]) is a region in central Italy with an area of about 23,000 square kilometres (8,900 square miles) and a population of about 3.8 million inhabitants. The regional capital is Florence ( Firenze ).
Politics of Tuscany. The politics of Tuscany, Italy take place in the framework of a semi-presidential representative democracy, whereby the President of the Region is the head of government, and of a pluriform multi-party system. Legislative power is vested in the Regional Council of Tuscany, while executive power is exercised by the Regional ...
The regions of Italy ( Italian: regioni d'Italia) are the first-level administrative divisions of the Italian Republic, constituting its second NUTS administrative level. [ 1 ] There are twenty regions, five of which are autonomous regions with special status. Under the Constitution of Italy, each region is an autonomous entity with defined powers.
Pisa (/ ˈ p iː z ə / PEE-zə, Italian: ⓘ or [3]) is a city and comune in Tuscany, central Italy, straddling the Arno just before it empties into the Ligurian Sea.It is the capital city of the Province of Pisa.
The province of "Massa e Carrara" was born in 1859 from the separation of the Lunigiana and the Garfagnana from the Duchy of Modena. Originally it was composed of three circondari: I° "Circondario of Massa and Carrara" (a group of seven districts divided in 14 municipalities), II° "Circondario" of Castelnuovo Garfagnana (four districts ...
The province of Pisa ( Italian: provincia di Pisa) is a province in the Tuscany region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Pisa. With an area of 2,448 square kilometres (945 sq mi) and a total population of 421,642 (As of 2014 ), it is the second most populous and fifth largest province of Tuscany. It is subdivided into 37 comuni ( sg.: comune ...
The provinces of Italy ( Italian: province d'Italia) are the second-level administrative divisions of the Italian Republic, on an intermediate level between a municipality ( comune) and a region ( regione ). Since 2015, provinces have been classified as "institutional bodies of second level". [ 1 ]
Prato ( / ˈprɑːtoʊ / PRAH-toh, Italian: [ˈpraːto] ⓘ) is a city and comune (municipality) in Tuscany, Italy, and is the capital of the province of Prato. The city lies in the northeast of Tuscany, at an elevation of 65 metres (213 ft), at the foot of Monte Retaia (the last peak in the Calvana chain).