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  Florence timeline
     
c. 1150
 
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The Medici move into Florence from their country home in the Mugello valley       
1302
 
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Dante, a member of the White faction in Florence, is sentenced to death by the Blacks - and never returns to his native city       
c. 1307
 
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Dante, in exile from Florence, begins work on The Divine Comedy - completing it just before his death, 14 years later       
Dante, from fresco by Giotto
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c. 1320
 
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Florence becomes a centre of international finance, with the Bardi and Peruzzi families acting as bankers to Europe's rulers       
1345
 
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The bridge now known as Ponte Vecchio is constructed in Florence (replacing an older old bridge)      
1345
 
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Edward III of England, defaulting on his massive debts, drives the Florentine banking families of Bardi and Peruzzi into bankruptcy