Mugnone

{{Infobox river

| name = Mugnone

| image =Confluenza Mugnone Arno.jpg

| image_caption = The Mugnone entering the Arno river

| length = {{convert|7.2|km|mi}}

| source1 =

| source1_coordinates = {{Coord|43.795062|N|11.274995|E}}

| mouth_coordinates = {{Coord|43.790200|N|11.196557|E|display=it}}

| subdivision_type1 = Country

| subdivision_name1 = Italy

| subdivision_type2 = Region

| subdivision_name2 = Tuscany

| progression = Mugnone→ {{RArno}}

}}

The Mugnone is a river in Italy that runs through Florence and is a tributary to the Arno.{{cite web | url = http://met.provincia.fi.it/public/misc/2008031910055804.pdf | title = Mugnone e Terzolle: due torrenti storici da salvaguardare e riqualificare | editor = Città Metropolitana di Firenze - Direzione Comunicazione e Informazione | author = ARPAT Firenze | access-date = April 27, 2020 }}{{cite web | title = La storia del Mugnone | author = Filippo Ferraro | date = February 22, 2014 | editor = Associazione Culturale Toc toc | url = https://www.toctocfirenze.it/la-storia-del-mugnone/ | access-date = March 28, 2020 }}{{cite book |title=Il decameron di messer Giovanni Boccaccio ...|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dHVJAQAAMAAJ&q=mugnone+calandrino+&pg=PA152|chapter=Novella III|last=Boccaccio|first=Giovanni|authorlink=Giovanni Boccaccio|publisher=C. Pomba e comp.|pages=149|year=1854|accessdate=2020-03-28}}{{cite web | editor = Lipu - Lega Italiana Protezione Uccelli | url = http://www.lipu.it/news-natura/conservazione-fauna/11-conservazione/408-firenze-salviamo-la-natura | title = Firenze: salviamo la natura | access-date = March 28, 2020 }} The river has been known since Roman times. The river historically flowed into the Arno near the Ponte Vecchio, which is why the city was founded there (at the historic confluence of the Mugnone and the Arno). The river was diverted in the 1280s during construction of the new city walls.