Florence is an city in central Italy and also the capital city of the Tuscany region. From 1865 to 1871 the city served as the capital of the Kingdom of Italy (as established in 1861). The Florentine dialect forms a base of Standard Italian. And also it became the language of culture throughout Italy due to prestige of the an masterpieces by Dante Alighieri, Niccolò Machiavelli Petrarch, Francesco Guicciardini , and Giovanni Boccaccio. The city also attracts millions of tourists each year, and UNESCO declared the Historic Centre of Florence a World Heritage Site in 1982. The city is also noted for its culture, Renaissance art and architecture and monuments. The city also contains many number of (numerous) museums and art galleries, such as the Uffizi Gallery and the Palazzo Pitti, and still exerts an influence in the fields of art, culture and politics. Due to Florence's artistic and architectural heritage, Forbes has also ranked it as one of the most beautiful cities in the world. Florence is a major national economic centre, as well as a tourist and industrial hub. Florence has different tourist attractions like Florence Duomo, Piazzale degli Uffizi, Palazzo Pitti on Boboli Gardens, Battistero di San Giovanni, Ponte Vecchio, San Lorenzo etc.