The Viali di Circonvallazione are a series of 6-lane
boulevard
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Boulevards were originally circumferential roads following the line of former city walls.
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s surrounding the north part of the
historic centre of
Florence
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.
History
The boulevards follow the outline of the ancient walls of
Florence
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, that were demolished in 1865 according to
Giuseppe Poggi's project to make Florence, then the capital of
Italy
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, a modern city with wide boulevards inspired by those of Paris. Around the former gates of the city, squares and palaces were created.
Today
Today the viali di Circonvallazione are the main arterial street of
Florence
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for the traffic from west to east.
The route (from west) starting from ''Ponte alla Vittoria'' bridge is:
*Viale Fratelli Rosselli (with Torre della Serpe and Leopolda Station)
*Piazzale of Porta al Prato
*Viale Filippo Strozzi (around the Fortezza da Basso)
*Viale Spartaco Lavagnini
*
Piazza della Libertà (with
Porta San Gallo,
Triumphal Arch of the Lorraine and the Parterre)
*Viale Giacomo Matteotti
*Piazzale Donatello (around the
English Cemetery)
*Viale Antonio Gramsci
*
Piazza Beccaria (with
Porta alla Croce, Archive of State and
La Nazione
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History and profile
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headquarters)
*From here the boulevards divide into:
** Viale Giovine Italia (with the Torre della Zecca and
Arno River)
** Viale Giovanni Amendola
Gallery
File:viali di circonvallazione FI 1.JPG, Viale Strozzi
File:Viale Spartaco Lavagnini (Firenze) 6.JPG, Viale Spartaco Lavagnini
File:Piazzale Donatello.JPG, Piazzale Donatello
Streets of Florence
Boulevards
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