Tuscan was Leonardo
Toscano derives from the Tuscany region of Italy with ordinary statute, located in Central Italy, with Florence as its capital. The regional capital is Florence, the most populous city (382,000 inhabitants), as well as the main historical, artistic and economic-administrative hub. The other provincial capitals are: Arezzo, Grosseto, Livorno, Lucca, Massa, Pisa, Pistoia, Prato and Siena. It also manages the islands of the Tuscan Archipelago.
The Tuscan name as Toscana is very ancient and derives from the ethnonym used by the Latins to define the land inhabited by the Etruscans: “Etruria”. Then transformed into “Tuscia” and then into “Tuscany”. Even the borders of today’s Tuscany correspond in principle to those of ancient Etruria. They also included parts of the current regions of Lazio and Umbria, up to the Tiber.
Until 1861 it was an independent entity, known as the Grand Duchy of Tuscany. Since then it has been part of the Kingdom of Sardinia, of the Kingdom of Italy and today of the Italian Republic. In the Grand Ducal era it also had a hymn, composed by the Florentine Egisto Mosell and entitled La Leopolda.
Tuscan in the world today
The Tuscan like Tuscany is known all over the world for its history but also for its landscapes and for its cuisine and its products. Unique land for its small villages such as San Gimignano, Montalcino, Pienza San Chirico d’Orcia. But also for its unique landscape in Italy and in the world. Val d’orcia is a unesco heritage site. For its wines, Brunello, Chianti, Morellino di Scansano but not only. Tuscan cuisine is renowned and it is only in Tuscany that the bread is without salt. which lead Dante to say: How the bread of others tastes of salt. When he was exiled by the Florentines.