First city in Europe with paved streets (1339) (8)

I believe the answer is:

florence

(Other definitions for florence that I've seen before include "Nightingale possibly" , "famous Italian city" , "Nurse Nightingale in Italian city" , "Len, force yourself to go to Italy" , "foreign city" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times.

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