The view of the Ponte Vecchio from the Uffizi and its "secret" passageway (on the right) that connected Palazzo Vecchio all the way to the Pitti Palace...a half mile distance which provided the Medici family a comfortable commute from home to work!
Daniel in front of the Baptistery, with it's famous Ghiberti doors, which were revolutionary in the Renaissance for creating perspective.
Brunelleschi lost the competition for the Baptistry doors, which left him available as the architect to build the dome for Florence's magnificent cathedral.
The cathedral had been built with a hole awaiting a dome ints roof...before the technology to span such a distance with a dome was available!
The Orsanmichele Church, which also served as a granary, has many niches like this one, of the Four Saints. Below the niches, the guilds that financed the work are represented.
The Loggia is a popular place for Florentines and tourists to relax
The Rape of the Sabines, in the Loggia in front of the Palazzo Vecchio
Rowers on the Arno river
Zookie making friends in Piazza della Republica
At the Mercato Nuovo in Florence, with the famous 17th century bronze wild boar statue by Pietro Tacca. They say to pet the well-polished porcellino's snout to ensure a return trip to Florence....
Daniel and Zookie in front of the Palazzo Vecchio
The terrace at our hotel, Hotel Ungherese
Daniel with the original Ghiberti bronze doors, the Duomo Museum(Copies are now on the Baptistery.)
This panel shows the story of Abraham sacrificing Isaac
Michaelangelo's Pieta, which he originally sculpted to be part of his own tomb
Donatello carved his Maddalena (Mary Magdalene) out of white poplar when he returned to Florence, after spending years away...and this shows him turning his back on classical style.
