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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.
Italy also had threeadvantages that fostered the Renaissance: thriving cities, a wealthy mer-chant class, and the classical heritage of Greece and Rome.Urban CentersOverseas trade, spurred by the Crusades, had ledto the growth of large city-states in northern Italy.The region alsohad many sizable towns.taly: Birthplace of the Renaissance 1 TERMS & NAMES â¢ Renaissanceâ¢ humanismâ¢ secularâ¢ patronâ¢ perspectiveâ¢ vernacular MAIN IDEA The European Renaissance, a rebirth oflearning and the arts, began in Italy inthe 1300s.