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Firenze Campo di Marte FS 2
Firenze Campo di Marte FS 2

Firenze Campo di Marte (or, simply, Firenze Campo Marte) (IATA: FIR) is the third railway station of Florence and the eighth station of Tuscany and the biggest station in south Florence. The station is mostly used by commuters going to Florence coming from the nearby countryside

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Firenze Campo di Marte railway station
Via Mannelli, Florence Quartiere 2

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Via Mannelli
50132 Florence, Quartiere 2
Tuscany, Italy
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