The vision for the Manifattura Tabacchi, a former tobacco factory
(Picture: Handout)Not much changes in Italy’s Renaissance-packed city of Florence. The marble walls of the Duomo, the bell tower designed by Giotto, the Uffizi Gallery and the Ponte Vecchio: together, they combine to make the city a monumental open-air museum of historical excellence.
Yet for the Florentine population of around 700,000, the city’s rigid respect for the past can make daily life difficult.
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