Panaramic view of Florence from the Piazzale Michelangelo. The Duomo (Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore) is clearly visable to the left.
This one of the of the 28 bronze panels that decorates the doors of the Florence Baptistry that resides in the Piazza del Duomo in Florence Italy. This panel is the Joshua panel and is located on the Gates of Paradise doors. The ten panels of the Gates of Paradise were created in 1425 and took 27 years to build. The panel in the picture is a copy of the original which were replaced in 1990 due to over 500 years of environmental damage. The details of the panels and the surrounding figures iare amazing. Some of the original panels were sent on tour in 2007 & 2008 and have since returned to Museo dell'Opera del Duomo. If you ever get a chance to see them, it will be well worth your time. One of the few copies ever made of some of the panels reside in Grace Cathedral in San Fransisco. If you look carefully you can see the soot that collects on all parts of the baptistry. Little wonder that the Piazza del Duomo has been closed to motor traffic.
Florence, Italy
Florence, Italy
Florence, Italy
Shadow on a door of the Duomo.
On a fantasy birthday vacation my Mom & I escaped to Europe.
I had always dreamed of how beautiful Italy would be & was so excited upon on arrival. In my many vivid memories of Italy it is this photo while in Florence that tells the story of how clear and inspiring the beauty is at every turn. I truly felt so many times that I was walking in a painting.
I tooka month-long dream trip to Europe this fall, my very first abroad. We travelled around on our own for the first 5 days, went on a 12-day cruise through the Medeteranean and then spent another 5 days touring Tuscany. We saw many omg-sights and I filled three memory sticks with digital photos. Some of the magical places were Windsor Castle, England, Rome, Sorrento, Capri, Positano, Mone Carlo, Florence, Venice, Naples, Athens, Pompeii, Kusadasi Turkey, Corfu, Santorini -Oia, Cinquaterra. We put ourselves on the "Gelato-A-Day" meal plan and ate our way through Europe. And, we took every possible mode of transportation, including donkey and gondola.
I tooka month-long dream trip to Europe this fall, my very first abroad. We travelled around on our own for the first 5 days, went on a 12-day cruise through the Medeteranean and then spent another 5 days touring Tuscany. We saw many omg-sights and I filled three memory sticks with digital photos. Some of the magical places were Windsor Castle, England, Rome, Sorrento, Capri, Positano, Mone Carlo, Florence, Venice, Naples, Athens, Pompeii, Kusadasi Turkey, Corfu, Santorini -Oia, Cinquaterra. We put ourselves on the "Gelato-A-Day" meal plan and ate our way through Europe. And, we took every possible mode of transportation, including donkey and gondola.
I tooka month-long dream trip to Europe this fall, my very first abroad. We travelled around on our own for the first 5 days, went on a 12-day cruise through the Medeteranean and then spent another 5 days touring Tuscany. We saw many omg-sights and I filled three memory sticks with digital photos. Some of the magical places were Windsor Castle, England, Rome, Sorrento, Capri, Positano, Mone Carlo, Florence, Venice, Naples, Athens, Pompeii, Kusadasi Turkey, Corfu, Santorini -Oia, Cinquaterra. We put ourselves on the "Gelato-A-Day" meal plan and ate our way through Europe. And, we took every possible mode of transportation, including donkey and gondola.
I tooka month-long dream trip to Europe this fall, my very first abroad. We travelled around on our own for the first 5 days, went on a 12-day cruise through the Medeteranean and then spent another 5 days touring Tuscany. We saw many omg-sights and I filled three memory sticks with digital photos. Some of the magical places were Windsor Castle, England, Rome, Sorrento, Capri, Positano, Mone Carlo, Florence, Venice, Naples, Athens, Pompeii, Kusadasi Turkey, Corfu, Santorini -Oia, Cinquaterra. We put ourselves on the "Gelato-A-Day" meal plan and ate our way through Europe. And, we took every possible mode of transportation, including donkey and gondola.
I tooka month-long dream trip to Europe this fall, my very first abroad. We travelled around on our own for the first 5 days, went on a 12-day cruise through the Medeteranean and then spent another 5 days touring Tuscany. We saw many omg-sights and I filled three memory sticks with digital photos. Some of the magical places were Windsor Castle, England, Rome, Sorrento, Capri, Positano, Mone Carlo, Florence, Venice, Naples, Athens, Pompeii, Kusadasi Turkey, Corfu, Santorini -Oia, Cinquaterra. We put ourselves on the "Gelato-A-Day" meal plan and ate our way through Europe. And, we took every possible mode of transportation, including donkey and gondola.
This was the view from on top of the Duomo in Florence, Italy. You can see the immediate city with their red roofs in the foreground and the green hills and distant mountains in the background.