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Florence embraces little Franco with its history, its beauty, its harmony, but also with its roughness. In 2013 Zeffirelli says in an interview: “It is impossible to understand how this community of scoundrels, of stingy traffickers, was able to create the greatest expressions of the human spirit. God knows why, as if by accident by this river – that is not even a great river – along the river Arno a forest of most joyful inventions of the spirit sprouted up. Look at the Dome! The Dome is a marvel of human intelligence and wisdom. And the Bell tower! And the Church of Santa Croce! A forest of wonders! When you are a child, you feel these extraordinary situations that surround you.”