Arcetri is a location in
Florence
Florence ( ; it, Firenze ) is a city in Central Italy and the capital city of the Tuscany Regions of Italy, region. It is the most populated city in Tuscany, with 383,083 inhabitants in 2016, and over 1,520,000 in its metropolitan area.Bilan ...
, Italy, positioned among the hills south of the city centre.
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Landmarks
A number of historic buildings are situated there, including the house of the famous scientist
Galileo Galilei
Galileo di Vincenzo Bonaiuti de' Galilei (15 February 1564 – 8 January 1642) was an Italian astronomer, physicist and engineer, sometimes described as a polymath. Commonly referred to as Galileo, his name was pronounced (, ). He wa ...
(called ''
Villa Il Gioiello''),
["Henri Poincaré : a decisive contribution to Relativity",www.annales.org, webpage (MS Word):
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