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The stage of for the 2011 Firenze Gelato Festival will be the city centre of Florence, declared UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1982. To quote Unesco, the area comprised inside of the round boulevard network located in place of the medieval walls is "a one-of-a-kind art creation, a masterpiece, the result of over six centuries of ceaseless genius, capable of exerting hegemonic influence on the architectural and monumental development, first in Italy and then all over Europe. In addition the city centre of Florence still preserves unscathed roads, fortified palaces, loggias, fountains and a stunning XIV century bridge".
Among the settings to stage the multiple number of events scheduled for the Firenze Gelato Festival, the suggestive Piazza della Repubblica, the centre of the city since the Roman times. Piazza della Repubblica will host the Sammontana Industrial gelato Village. Piazza della Repubblica is also the home of the Colonna dell'Abbondanza (column of abundance). The square has a distinct Italian Risorgimento taste: when Florence became the Capital of Italy, the area was entirely redeveloped. From a medieval piazza and place of the city market, it was transformed into a XIX century, rectangular square, full of caf´s that later became true landmarks for the city. During the redevelopment works medieval churches and towers were knocked down.
Come to its second edition, this year Firenze Gelato Festival "lands" on the other bank of the Arno. As a matter of fact the Handmade gelato Village will be set up in the precious Piazza Pitti. The stage for the tastiest samples will be set up in a famous palace, for centuries a stately residence, from the Medici family first, then the Lorraine house and then the Savoy house. Currently the palace houses several museums, including Galleria Palatina and Museo degli Argenti. The palace was commissioned for Luca Pitti in 1457 and in 1558 was purchased by Eleanor of Toledo to become the most prestigious of all Medici residences. In 1620 Giulio Parigi extended the façade, while in the XVIII century, under the House of Lorraine, two side wings were built that still fence the current slightly uphill square, to highlight the majesty of the whole architectural complex.