Author: Kashif Rustamani

  • Museum of Anthropology in Florence:

    Museum of Anthropology in Florence:

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    This article is about the Museum of Anthropology and Ethnology located in the historical center of Florence, Italy. The city of Florence is the capital of Italy’s Tuscany region, is home to many masterpieces of Renaissance art and architecture. One of its most iconic sights is the Duomo, a cathedral with a terracotta-tiled dome engineered by Brunelleschi and a bell tower by Giotto. This museum, one of the few in Europe, is situated in the rooms of Palazzo Nonfinito, which is close to the Duomo.

    The Museum of Anthropology and Ethnology in Florence was founded in 1869 by the anthropologist Paolo Mantegazza. It is one of the most important of its kind all over the world. Because of the quantity and quality of the cultural heritage that it conserves and makes available to the public. The museum pursued the goal of collecting shreds of evidence…

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