Baptistry (Battistero) Florence

Piazza di San Giovanni, Florence , Tuscany, Italy - Phone: 055 230 2885
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    honeymoon in florence

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    My husband and I just got married and took our honeymoon trip to florence after we won $50,000 playing the lottery. Our trip was amazing! We got to visit an amazing country and learn about their amazing history. We got to experince life in another country and see their amazing architecture that's so much different from ours here in America. In …

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    Florence

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    On April 9th we took a train to Florence. After some confusions in plans we all arrived. Ana, Will and I explored the city with a new friend. He seemed to be nice and first and offered to take us into the city. We saw the Duomo and some of the sites around it, but our new friend quickly became unsettling and we decided that we better leave him and …

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    Florencia renacentista

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    Llegué a Florencia cerca de las 2 y media de la tarde. La estación me pareció desorganizada y nada pintoresca.

    Al salir de la estación me encaminé hacia el albergue que habíamos acordado con Teresa, que estaba situado del otro lado del rio Arno y al que se llega caminando unas 6 cuadras. Cuando arribé al hostel, Teresa me había dejado un …

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    Fun in Florence

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    I am quickly falling in love with this beautiful country! My trips into Florence seem to be a daily occurrence, and I am perfectly all right with that. This past week has been a whirlwind, but I am gradually becoming more adjusted to life in Italy. Robbie took us into Florence for the first time on our first Sunday afternoon here. We visited The …

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    WTF size

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    So today we went to Il Duomo. For Real this time. We bought the Everything Pass, which was totally worth the ridiculous price.

    Here's how it is: there is a gigantic dome on top of a gigantic building that is entirely decorated with three different kinds of marble (white, pink and green). The building was made in the 13th century, the dome …

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    Under the Tuscan Sun -- mostly

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    ... statues from various important Italian artists - including different versions of David. Florence's Duomo and the neighboring Baptistry, one of Florence's oldest buildings, were also visited. The Baptistry has famous gilded brass doors. One set was ...

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    Firenze

    ... Westminster in London. I can't begin to describe its size, and it also boasts a 250 foot tall bell tower and an 8 sided Baptistry, made of green and white marble. My favorite part was the entrance by Ghiberti, called the Door of Paradise. It's sculpted ...

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    Florence Festivities

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    ... lost walking around the first part of the trip is lost in Italy! We then walked around an open market and saw the baptistry next to Santa Maria with these huge golden doors called the Gates to Paradise, where Dante was baptised. Afterwards, we ...

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    FLORENCE!!!

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    ... in love with Florence and Rob is a bit bored with it and me today I think. We find the Duomo, Campanile and Baptistry, which are immense structures, with bright coloured panels and elaborate plaster work on all walls. It apparently dates back to the 4th ...

  • 5

    City of Flowers - Florence

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    ... , and represents freedom. We had a walking tour of Florence with Giovanni, who took us to the Florence Cathedral, Sante Croce and Baptistry, explained the significance of the Medici family who funded many of the grand buildings in Renaissance Florence, ...

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    Florence and the Renaissance capital

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    ... ’s Campanile, which is a 270-foot tower.  Another impressive building faced the Duomo, which is known as the Baptistry.  The door was a bronze door designed by Ghiberti, which depicted many different scenes from the Bible. We walked down ...

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    I am SO going to put that in my travel journal

    ... reminded me of the Louvre. I have seen some amazing churches that truly take your breath away. We went to mass at the baptistry outside of San Lorenzo Cathedral and that dome is amazing...you could stare at the gold mosaic for hours. Anyway,I have had ...

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    Firenze, no, I'm looking for Florence

    ... good fuel). Some of the endless list of sights that really stood out were the Duomo with awesome frescoes & stained glass, the baptistry with the "doors of Paradise" and a spectacular story telling mosaic that literally glows as you look up at it. ...

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    Florence

    ... there in front of us, not even surrounded by velvel ropes or anything. Second,there were the original door panels from the baptistry.  Our art expert, Rick Steves, says that these 2 panels mark the start of the Renaissance.  The idea is that ...

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    Florence/Firenze Where The Renaissance Still Lives

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    ... in 1334.  These structures just take my breath away.  Across the street is the Battistero (baptistry) which is one of the oldest buildings in Florence, built between the 5th and 11th centuries.  Dante was baptized here.   Next we ...