"[T]he city in this present year [contains] two hundred seventy shops belonging to the wool merchants' guild . . . eighty-three rich and splendid warehouses of the silk merchants' guild. . . . The number of banks amounts to thirty-three; the shops of the cabinet-makers, whose business is carving and inlaid work, to eighty-four . . . there are forty-four goldsmiths' and jewellers' shops." What city is Benedetto Dei describing in this quote?

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The quote describes the city's thriving wool and silk industries, numerous banks, and a variety of artisan shops, all of which were prominent in Florence during the Renaissance period.

"[T]he City in This Present Year [Contains] Two Hundred Seventy