{
  "g": "h,empire,europe",
  "ns": "empires",
  "name": "Republic of Florence",
  "now": "italy",
  "years": "1115–1569",
  "id": "florence",
  "index": "c/italy:1115",
  "title": "Flag of the Republic of Florence",
  "ratio": "2:3",
  "colors": [
    {
      "color": "white",
      "hex": "#ffffff",
      "note": "Field of the republican banner."
    },
    {
      "color": "red",
      "hex": "#c1272d",
      "cmyk": "0/80/77/24",
      "note": "Giglio — the Florentine lily."
    }
  ],
  "desc": "- The Republic of Florence (1115–1569) was one of medieval and Renaissance Europe's most influential city-states — home of the Medici, Dante, Brunelleschi, and Machiavelli\n - **Construction:** a white field bearing a red **giglio fiorentino** (Florentine lily), a stylised fleur-de-lis that became the city's emblem from the 11th century\n - Before 1251 the lily was white on red (Ghibelline); the Guelph victory reversed the colours to red on white, the version that endures",
  "flag": "empires/florence.svg",
  "countryData": {
    "name": "Republic of Florence",
    "officialName": "Repubblica Fiorentina",
    "un": "none"
  },
  "trivia": "- The giglio survives today as the emblem of the modern city of Florence and Tuscany\n - Florence issued Europe's first widely accepted gold coinage of the period — the florin (1252)\n - Became the Duchy (1532) and then Grand Duchy (1569) of Tuscany under the Medici",
  "_name": "Republic of Florence",
  "_namespace": "empires",
  "_namePart": "florence"
}