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At the Bargello Museum, a one-time prison. |
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I wish I could remember who this is, but isn't it marvellous? |
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Donatello's Mercury |
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Santa Croce, from our apartment building window |
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Santa Croce and the piazza |
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Inside the Sante Croce, without a Baedecker, but we did have Lior, our guide |
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Santa Croce |
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A lovely courtyard behind Santa Croce |
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Santa Croce as seen from the Piazzella Michelangelo |
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and finally, the Santa Croce by moonlight. Why yes, I am entranced by this church. And it's just around the corner from our apartment. |
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Now we head up to the Piazzella Michelango, high above the city, on the south shore of the Arno. The views of the city are splendid. |
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Santa Maria di Fiore, from the piazzella |
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San Miniato al Monte |
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Norman and I and Florence behind us. |
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The nave in the crypt of San Miniato |
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Some charming della Robbia, in the ceiling of one of the chapels at San
Miniato.
Della Robbia's glazed terra cotta roundels often popped up to delight me. |
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The terrace at San Miniato. Something for everyone. |
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Mosaic at San Miniato |
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The Brunellschi/San Marco gang visits Piazzalla Michelangelo.
Scott, C.J., Anne, Shirley, Barry, Susan, Norman |
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David. A copy of Michelangelo's, which is in the Accademia. |
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