7^th World Congress on Chemical Engineering and Catalysis July 22-23, 2020 Florence, Italy

The Florence originated as a Roman city and later after a long period of time it has a flourishing trading, education and banking System, it was the birthplace of the Italian Renaissance. As per the Encyclopaedia Britannica, it was politically, economically, and culturally one of the most important cities in Europe and in the world from 14th to 16th centuries. Florence has a humid subtropical climate tending to Mediterranean, it has hot summers with moderate or light rainfall and cool, damp winters. As the Florence lacks a prevailing wind, summer temperatures are almost higher than along the seacoast. Rainfall in summer is convectional, while relief rainfall dominates in the winter. Tourism is also, by far, the most important of all industries and most of the Florentine economy relies on the money generated by international arrivals and students studying in the city. The value tourism to the city totalled some €2.5 billion in 2015 and the number of visitors had increased by 5.5% from the previous year. In 2013, Florence was listed as one of the second-best world cities by Condé Nast Traveller. The city also attracts millions of tourists each year, and UNESCO declared the Historic Centre of Florence a World Heritage Site in 1982. The city is also noted for its culture, Renaissance art and architecture and monuments. The city also contains many numbers of (numerous) museums and art galleries, such as the Uffizi Gallery and the Palazzo Pitti, and still exerts an influence in the fields of art, culture and politics.

Climate:

Florence has a humid subtropical climate, tending to Mediterranean. It has hot summers with moderate or light rainfall and cool, damp winters. As Florence lacks a prevailing wind, summer temperatures are higher than along the coast. Rainfall in summer is convectional, while relief rainfall dominates in the winter. Snow flurries happen almost every year, but often result in no accumulation.

Tourism:

Tourism is the most significant industry in central Florence. From April to October, tourists outnumber local population. Tickets to the Uffizi and Accademia museums are regularly sold out and large groups regularly fill the basilicas of Santa Croce and Santa Maria Novella, both of which charge for entry. Florence is believed to have the greatest concentration of art (in proportion to its size) in the world. Thus, cultural tourism is particularly strong, with world-renowned museums such as the Uffizi selling over 1.93 million tickets in 2014. The city's convention centre facilities were restructured during the 1990s and host exhibitions, conferences, meetings, social forums, concerts and other events all year.

Art

Florence was the birthplace of High Renaissance art, which lasted from 1450–1527. While Medieval art focused on basic story telling of the Bible, Renaissance art focused on naturalism and human emotion. The Renaissance marked the rebirth of classical values in art and society as people studied the ancient masters of the Greco-Roman world. Florence has large numbers of art-filled churches, such as San Miniato al Monte, San Lorenzo, Santa Maria Novella, Santa Trinita, Santa Maria del Carmine, Santa Croce, Santo Spirito, the Annunziata, Ognissanti and numerous others.

Language

Florentine (fiorentino), spoken by inhabitants of Florence and its environs, is a Tuscan dialect and the immediate parent language to modern Italian.

Airport

The Florence Airport, Peretola, is one of two main airports in the Tuscany region though it is not widely used by popular airlines. The other airport in the Tuscany region is the Galileo Galilei International Airport in Pisa.