FLORENCE, SC (WMBF) - Long before modern day Florence, the city, the county and much of the region was inhabited by the Pee Dee Indians. It wasn't until the Revolutionary War that the seedlings for ...

If you look out over Florence from Piazzale Michelangelo, high above the Arno, two domes catch your eye. One is Filipo Brunelleschi’s masterpiece, the immense ribbed dome of the Duomo. The other, off ...

Founded during Roman times, Florence has for centuries been a hub of commerce. At its center: the Duomo Cathedral and the Ponte Vecchio bridge, built in the 14th century. It was the only bridge in ...

FLORENCE – Beneath layers of grit, dirt and rubble in the middle of downtown, archaeologists are finding the remnants of early life in Florence. There’s pale white buttons, the cage from a bottle of ...

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Florence made landfall in North Carolina as a Category 1 hurricane on Sept. 14. Since coming ashore more than 24 hours ago, Florence has wrecked havoc on the Carolinas as the hurricane-turned-tropical ...

A stinking whale carcass, a half ton of dynamite and an immortal local TV newscast — half a century later and the world is still in love with Florence's most infamous moment. Maybe these days more ...

Tour guide Rocky Ruggiero believes the pandemic and actor Stanley Tucci have helped reintroduce wine windows in Florence. Neil Setchfield / Alamy Stock Photo A wine window is one of the best ways to ...