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 ( ; ) is the capital city of the Italy, Italian region of Tuscany. It is also the most populated city in Tuscany, with 362,353 inhabitants, and 989,460 in Metropolitan City of Florence, its metropolitan province as of 2025.
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. 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 the Count of Cavour ( ; ) or simply Cavour, was an Italian politician, statesman, businessman, economist, and no ...
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
Camillo Cavour
Camillo Paolo Filippo Giulio Benso, Count of Cavour, Isolabella and Leri (; 10 August 1810 – 6 June 1861), generally known as the Count of Cavour ( ; ) or simply Cavour, was an Italian politician, statesman, businessman, economist, and no ...
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