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The outstanding cultural and artistic heritage of the Renaissance can still be seen today in many of the great cities of the period, including Florence and Venice in Italy, Bruges in Belgium and Toledo in Spain.
These might be the most important three reasons the Renaissance began in Italy: 1  Italy had a number of port cities and was centrally located in the Mediterranean. 2  Italy had a large number of independent cities, many of which had republican governments lead by families that were competing for leadership, both in government and in society.