We took a week's break in the school holidays and travelled to Florence - our first visit. We had a new camera to try out and hence took a lot of photos! It can very cleverly help you make a panorama with some sotfware back on the laptop and this is the view from Piazza Michelangelo - it was snowing back in England but we were in the beautiful sunshine.
This amazing view of Santa Maria Novella church is the one that greeted us from our apartment window! Just 5 minutes from the train station and the main sites of the city it was the perfect place to spend a week.
Our camera loves taking night shots - this is the Duomo at about 9 o'clock taken with no flash. it is an extraordinary sight for the amount of detail in the marble facing as you can see below.
My favourite place in Florence is Piazza della Signoria - a square near the Uffizi containing a unique outdoor sculpture gallery, including the famous 'David' by Michelangelo. It's very busy of course but a special place.
The interiors are, of course, equally spectacular. This is the dome of the Duomo painted by Vasari and depicting the last judgement.
Below is some painted detail from a wall inside Santa Croce church.
Of course there is loads more - I'll save it for another post!
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