Via Camillo Cavour is one of the main roads of the northern area of the
historic city centre of the Italian city of
Florence
Florence ( ; it, Firenze ) is a city in Central Italy and the capital city of the Tuscany region. It is the most populated city in Tuscany, with 383,083 inhabitants in 2016, and over 1,520,000 in its metropolitan area.Bilancio demografico an ...
. It was created in 1861 from two older streets, ''Via Larga'' and ''Via Leopoldo'' (as far as
Piazza della Libertà, renamed Piazzale Cavour at the same time), and renamed after
Camillo Cavour
Camillo Paolo Filippo Giulio Benso, Count of Cavour, Isolabella and Leri (, 10 August 1810 – 6 June 1861), generally known as Cavour ( , ), was an Italian politician, businessman, economist and noble, and a leading figure in the movement towa ...
on 17 June 1861, just 11 days after his death.
Bibliography
*Francesco Cesati, ''La grande guida delle strade di Firenze'', Newton Compton Editori, Roma 2003.
External links
The Medici in Via LargaVia Cavour, Regione Toscana
Streets of Florence
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