Sorry was quiet for a while, had three bad days struggling with a stomach bug, but winning....In Firenze you can not move around the first few days without a map, and they say Venice is even worse....but having fun while finding my way.
Rising in the heart of the city ,the richly decorated Duomo_ Santa Maria del Fiore_and and orange tiled dome have maybe become Florence,s most famous symbols
Brunelleschi,s Duomo is huge was finished in 1463 and was the largest of its time to be built without scaffolding. the cathedral is Europe,s fourt largest church cladded in Tuscan white green and pink marble.
Then the Easter doors of the Baptistry..."gates of Paradise " as Michelangelo dubbed them...most amazing images depicting Adam and Eve expelled from the garden, Joseph sold to slavery to name a few...amazing use of perspective and to me quite stunning...
The Uffizi...Italy,s greatest art gallery next but in the meantime a picture of Point Vecchio taken from the Uffizi
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