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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FLORENCE — The city of Florence was originally named Florentia, which in Latin means blossoming. Therefore it was only fitting ...

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, SC (WMBF) - Many people have heard of Gettysburg, Chancellorsville, Vicksburg and Bull Run. The names of towns that played host to the most violent and dramatic parts of the Civil War are ...

Image still from The Innocents of Florence (2019), Nicoletta Fontani preparing conservation materials to work on “Mother of the Innocents” (1446) (all images via The Innocents of Florence) For all of ...

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 ...

Pinal County Historical Museum The museum, at 715 S. Main St., is one of the stops on the tour and offers a good opportunity to get a taste of Florence history before visiting other sites. "There's ...