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Day 10: Florence
... of Michelangelo, Galileo, Niccolo Medicci and Dante, as well as works by Donatello. On our way there, we walked through a little alleyway where school children were being let out for the day and families were there picking them up (no one was in a car; everyone walked or rode bikes). It was a very cute, Italian, everyday scene, and we enjoyed watching it unfold. All the parents picking up their kids had some kind of snack for them -- that must be some kind of tradition or regular ...
Stunning art and architecture
... the modern era, the dome was the largest in the world. It remains the largest brick dome ever constructed.In June 1504, David was installed next to the entrance to the Palazzo Vecchio. It took four days to move the statue the half mile from Michelangelo's workshop into the Piazza della Signoria.The Basilica di Santa Croce (Basilica of the Holy Cross) is the principal Franciscan church in Florence. The Basilica is the largest Franciscan ...
Visite de Florence
... l'eglise Santa Ambrogio et le Palazzo Vecchio. Mercredi, journee, sombre, grise et tres pluvieuse. Nous changeons donc nos plans. Nous visitons l'eglise Santa Maria Novella, marchons le long de l'Arno, regardons la cour interieure et prenons une pause-cafe au Palazzo Strozzi. Sur la via de Tornabuoni on retrouve de grands noms de boutiques, tels que: Prada, Dior, Pucci, Celine, Gucci, Chanel, Tiffany, etc. Nous deambulons ensuite dans le quartier vers l'eglise Santa Trinita, ...
Florence is all about art, not football
... for a restaurant on Piazza Repubblico where the manager proclaimed to us, "I lurv you" and we settled into what was a nice but very restrained atmosphere. As you probably know, Italy won 2-0 and there was some noise in the streets, but nothing like you'd expect after an upset like that.
So let me get onto the arty side of Florence. On our first morning in this beautiful city, we visited the Uffizi Gallery, home to some of the greatest paintings from the Renaissance ...
Fine art and lush gardens
... Back down the stairs and around more fountains to the grotto back by the main museum on the grounds. We walked into the grotto admiring the art work inside. It was a nice cool haven which in its day would have been the best place to be in summer. The walls were covered in mosaic pictures of people with shells jutting from every spare spot. After taking in the beautiful gardens we headed back to the hotel for some vino, bread and olive oil/balsamic and veged ...
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