Duomo Museum (Museo dell'Opera del Duomo) Florence

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As my time in Florence comes to an end, I am frantically trying to see/buy everything I have not yet seen, or bought, or eaten for that matter. Simultaneously I also have finals, but those are pretty low on my priority list... So it's fun, but mostly really scary...

For Friday all my friends from my apartment had …

Today is the day we climb the 463 stairs " Renaissance Stair Master" to the top for some spectacular views. Also a chance to see Brunelleschi's dome within a dome as was very well explained by our private tour guide booked again with Viator. A local guide from Florence that took us to the top along with a trip to the Duomo museum. Very enjoyable.< …

Hello, again, Blogonauts! Gosh, it has been a couple of days since I've slipped behind the wheel of this blogmobile. There's so much ground to cover! So strap yourselves in ... I'm taking you for a fast spin through history's symbolic art pieces that have come to define Florence. Sunday's railway journey from Venice to Florence was notable only in …

Ciao all:

Friday, April 27 was moving day. We ended our 4-day stay in Firenze (Florence), packed our bags, and jumped on a bus for the medieval city of Siena, an hour or so south.

But first, we had one more museum to see, the Duomo Museum that houses all the original paintings and sculptures from the cathedral for safe keeping, …

Every guide book of Florence says visitors have to see the Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore, a church more commonly referred to as simply the Duomo. It's Firenze's "thing"--the one thing we had to make sure to see. So the first half of today was devoted to this building; today was the Day of the Duomo. I kind of feel like this should have its own …

Bon giorno, Aaron here.

We have been in Florence for the last few days and are really enjoying our time here. It is exceedingly hot (95+), but that did not keep us from ample amounts of walking through town and enjoying the sites. Through two weeks of vacation we have not used one taxi. :)

We have enjoyed seeing Florence's top …

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 …

... . The columns inside are also green and white striped marble. It was begun in 1215 and completed in 1263. As we learned at the Duomo museum, the town of Siena had intended to build an even bigger, fancier church, (to compete with the one in Florence) ...

... slowly in the rain back to the river. The cheesecake gelato was just as good as I remembered but the exhibition was closed. We tried the Duomo museum which was also closed (for the next 2 weeks) and the Uffizi, which had a 2 hour line and it was only 2 ...

... by our private tour guide booked again with Viator. A local guide from Florence that took us to the top along with a trip to the Duomo museum. Very enjoyable.  This was such a great lesson in the history of the Duomo and the the climb was not as bad ...

... .  We enjoyed seeing the impressive structure and climbing between the two domes.  In addition, we saw the Duomo Museum which contains many works previously held in the Duomo, including Michelangelo’s Pieta and Donatello’s Mary ...

... absolutely impressive and to this day only a replica stands in the main portal of the Baptistery. The real door is located at the Duomo Museum where people pay to visit it. For me, seeing the replica was enough. It's intricacy is stunning and I wondered ...

... front steps to the massive front doors....also closed Mondays.....we're doing really well today! Back to the ol' Frommer's. The Duomo Museum, open daily, year round....9 am, this will do just fine! Being shortly before 9 we stopped at a small ...

... away they were. Like looking down Kootenay Lake and being able to see the layers of mountains in the distance. Red rooftops, the Duomo, Museums, Ponte Vecchio and the other 3 or 4 bridges spanning the Arno River. It was great for about 2 minutes until I ...

... picture, too. By contrast, someone who actually is LIVING in the current century has made a compelling success out of the Duomo museum - such a modern attitude, such ancient materials. After having read "Brunelleschi's Dome" a while back (it's also ...

... and its expression.  You can see the birth and legacy of this Renaissance in Florence's museums, like the Uffizi, Duomo Museum, Accademia and Bargello.  As statues and paintings changed, so did architecture.  During the ...

... were expecting to see a statue of Mary Magdalen by Donatello that we thought was there but it turns out it's in another museum in Florence (the Duomo Museum) which costs more money to get in to so we missed that piece. Next time! The afternoon was spent ...