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Florence
The city of Firenze, located in Tuscany in central Italy, has a population of 364,710 and is part of a larger urban zone (LUZ) of over 700,219 inhabitants covering an area of 1262.8 km2. 
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Local challenges
The challenge for the Firenze City Program of Social Housing is the functional recovery of a historical former prison called “Le Murate”, because of its dimension and location in the city and of its architectural value.
Le Murate is located in the historical centre of the city and was closed in 1983. Implementation of the proposed project will provide access to a great area in the city centre, historically closed to the town as it was a convent before becoming a prison). This activity will make the venue a city and more so; the historical centre.
The City Council placed more that €26 millions public resources for social residential building toward the recovery of this former prison, on the basis of a preliminary project characterised by the coexistence of different functions; the residential function covers only 34% of the surface area