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VocabularyArt & CultureRinascimento
B1nounmaschile

ilRinascimento

Renaissance

Plural

Rinascimenti

Pronunciation

ree-nah-shee-MEN-toh

About this word

Literally 'rebirth'; it began in Italy (14th–17th century) and transformed European art, science, and thought.

Examples

Il Rinascimento italiano ha cambiato la storia dell'arte.

The Italian Renaissance changed the history of art.

Firenze era il centro del Rinascimento nel Quattrocento.

Florence was the centre of the Renaissance in the 15th century.

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