Florence Conservatory

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Conservatorio Luigi Cherubini

The Conservatorio Luigi Cherubini, better known in English as the Florence Conservatory is a music conservatory in Florence, Italy. It is the only music conservatory in Tuscany, and is a national conservatory of music operated by the government of Italy.[1] The school's premises are located in the Piazzale delle Belle Arti with its main entrance located at the address 2 Via degli Alfani.[2] Originally called the Istituto Musicale when it was founded in 1849, it was later renamed the Istituto Musicale Luigi Cherubini in 1910, and then the Regio Conservatorio di Musica Luigi Cherubini di Firenze in 1923.[3] Its present name was adopted after the dissolution of the Kingdom of Italy in 1946.

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