ITL Florence 2A
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Monday November 16, 2015
Florence, Italy 2A 2nd day
Piazza della Signoria
After walking the Ponte Vecchio... Vechio bridge....
Walked about 2 to 3 blocks north. A Mercado... street vendors tents/ booths of linens, scarfs, leather handbags/ belts/ wallets/ ect...
About 2 blocks east is the Piazza della Signoria. This is the origin of the Florentine Plaza. ... also called Plaza Vecchio (The Old Palace)/ the town hall of the city.
The plaza is 3 to 4+ football fields size.
The Loggia dei Lanzi is an open arched structure with some 20+ marble Italian sculptures... some by Michelangelo.
The city cathedral with it's bell tower.... really good.
Neptune Fountain... many other marble sculptures line the front of the entrance into the cathedral.
You could spend a half day here.... you could spend a week/ a month here studying the history of the sculptures. This is Florence and it's right here. It's magnificent!
You look at these sculptures and see the details in them and stand in awe.
This truly was the center of the universe for the artisans of the Renaissance.
Inside the cathedral was just as magnificent as the many other cathedrals we've seen. This is holy ground.
You are reduced to surrender in these great cathedrals. No wonder they formed up the crusades and got young kids to join up.
You never drink twice from the same stream.
