Duomo
18 May 2007 | ||
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| In the evening twilight... | ||
The gate
18 May 2007 | ||
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| ...of the famous cathedral in the evening's twilight. | ||
Painters everywhere
19 May 2007 | ||
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| One amazing thing was that every street corner had mini-painters handpainting tiny pieces of art and selling them for miniscule amounts. Was very impressive. And so many styles. | ||
Yet more styles
19 May 2007 | ||
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| This time with a strong Pinocchio twist... | ||
And even more different style minipaintings
19 May 2007 | ||
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Streets of Firenze
19 May 2007 | ||
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Duomo starting to get visible...
19 May 2007 | ||
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| The inofficial name for the Santa Maria del Fiore... | ||
Streets of Firenze...
19 May 2007 | ||
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| ...with the presence of the cathedral... | ||
The last Judgment
19 May 2007 | ||
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| The fresco inside the Dome... | ||
Going up the Campanile Tower
19 May 2007 | ||
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| Warm day, yet cool inside... | ||
Roofs of Firenze
19 May 2007 | ||
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| I love the uniform look. Now compare that to the roofs of Japan.... | ||
Plaza
19 May 2007 | ||
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| ...as seen from the Campanile... | ||
More views...
19 May 2007 | ||
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| ...my camera went nuts... as usual... | ||
Cathedral
19 May 2007 | ||
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The Dome 1
19 May 2007 | ||
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| With much of the city in the background... | ||
The Dome 2
19 May 2007 | ||
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| To show the height of the building.... | ||
The Dome 3
19 May 2007 | ||
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| With all the visitors who queued up over there... | ||
The Dome 4
19 May 2007 | ||
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| Many photos with different lenses show the true scale of this amazing building.... | ||
Red Tiles of the Roof
19 May 2007 | ||
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| Of the Dome... | ||
Windows into the Cathedral
19 May 2007 | ||
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| Massive, yet delicately ornamented.... | ||
Perfect Location
19 May 2007 | ||
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| Apart from tourists who can see straight onto your veranda.... | ||
Linen shops
19 May 2007 | ||
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| Selling bags and designer goods. When we went down there all these portable shops were gone... | ||
View through a hole...
19 May 2007 | ||
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| ...across Firenze and Tuscany | ||
Mille Miglia Tour
19 May 2007 | ||
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| That day hundreds of oldtimers came through the city... The Mille Miglia tour is a famous Italian car race. | ||
More and more old cars...
19 May 2007 | ||
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| Throughout the day we saw them.... | ||
Girl Magnet
19 May 2007 | ||
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| Number One reason for an oldtimer? | ||
More Posing
19 May 2007 | ||
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| More and more girls arrived and then the cars in the back started to push their horns... | ||
Photos taken...
19 May 2007 | ||
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| ...left right and center. | ||
Red
19 May 2007 | ||
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| Alfa Romeo | ||
Street painter
19 May 2007 | ||
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| Always amazing to see people do these... Only to have the rain wash them away... | ||
Palazzo Vecchio
19 May 2007 | ||
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Poseidon
19 May 2007 | ||
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| aka Neptun. | ||
Street Artist
19 May 2007 | ||
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| You see them often, but his statue impersonation was actually really good | ||
More artist shops
19 May 2007 | ||
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| Selling tiny and medium sized very individually styled paintings... | ||
Ponte Vecchio
19 May 2007 | ||
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| Across the Arno river - very famous bridge. | ||
Ponte Vecchio
19 May 2007 | ||
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| This famous bridge has many different shops built alongside of it. | ||
Closeup
19 May 2007 | ||
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| of Ponte Vecchio | ||
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