Yes...that's me again.....wandering around Europe...

At the Piazza Dei Miracoli Duomo in Pisa, Italy 2008

The Medieval Cathedral in Pisa, Italy....1060 A.D.

Painted 500 years before Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel...

An old place......"The Medievel Cathedral"....

By Giovanni Pisano himself........

On another note......see the swinging inscence holder...

It is said....Galileo formulated his Pendeulam and Movement theory while sitting here in this Duomo watching the Inscence lamp swing....

Important Obsevational theory at that time....WAY COOL......

What a place....The Duomo of St. Maria Assunnti...

Called the Medievel Cathedral.....Pisa, Italy.....May 2008

The Tomb of St. Rainerius....
From 1160.....In the Duomo at Pisa, Italy....

Saint Rainerius.....1160 A.D.

A very old Cathedral........The Duomo at Pisa....

Some of this art dates back to the 1060's.....OLD....

The Duomo at Pisa.....

Boy...they could sure paint a domed ceiling back then...

Here's a better and brighter view of the Pulpit....

Giovanni Pisano's Medievel Masterpiece of 1302....

There are some darker areas of the Cathedral......

Where for whatever reasons they opted for no lighting...

10 countries..... All the great cities.....

Lots and lots of just plain walking and exploring...

Museums, Monuments and Mountains by the ton...

Yes.....I really did get to see Europe....

Welcome to "The Piazza Dei Miracoli".......

"The Field of Miracles"...... in Pisa, Italy.......

The Campanile to the Duomo....

The free standing bell tower of the large and overly decorated church...

The Leaning Tower of Pisa.....May 2008

Yes, that's me at the Leaning Tower of Pisa...

The "Duomo" and behind it.... The "Baptistry"

"The Baptistry" 1153 A.D.

Piazza Dei Miracoli in Pisa, Italy...

The Campanile and The Duomo......Pisa, Italy...

The Duomo of St. Maria of Assunta.....

At the Piazza Dei Miracoli in Pisa, Italy.....

"The Medievel Cathedral".... 1063 A.D.

Awesome.....Bold design......I Like....

Some of the figures on the outside of the Duomo...

"The Medievel Cathedral"

Another area of The Piazza Dei Miracoli in Pisa....

This is the outside wall of the Camposanto Monumental....

This "monumental cemetary" is very old, famous, and large.

It dates to the 1200s....but has even older imported "things" that include the soil itself....if thats possible.....

I'll have to "google" this one.....should be Interesting...

Old.....Odd.....or......Interesting.....or.....All Three....

Part of the Field or Square of Miracles in Pisa, Italy...

Yes.....Awesome is quite correct.....

This is The Baptistry of St John for The St. Maria of Assunta Duomo.....

Basically, all the Old and Huge Cathedrals of Italy seem to have thier own rounded and ornate Baptistries built close enough to rush the repentant right from the Cathedral to be Baptized next door....

You would be amazed at the famous people baptized at places like this....

It's very old and very nice.....

The Duomo.....

Very Nice......

Huge, detailed, Bronze Duomo doors....

Old and Awesome....

A very old and Interesting Duomo.....

The Medievel Cathedral.....

St. Maria Assunta....

Piazza Dei Miracoli in Pisa, Italy.....

Yes.....I have lots of Interior photos too....

The Duomo Bar and streets around the Field of Miracles...

The Campanile to the Duoma....

A free standing Bell Tower.....

The Leaning Tower of Pisa.....

Rear view of the Duomo at Piazza Dei Miracoli in Pisa...

Called "The Medievel Cathedral"......

Just a "little" side door.....

Awesome and Old Bronze doors on the Duomo...

View from my front porch of Wauna Washington...

A short trip this time last year.....

Washigton, The San Juans & B.C.

Just off shore of Sidney, British Columbia, Canada...

San Juan Islands near British Columbia, Canada....

On the Strait of Jaun De Fuca.....