A Renaissance era open air art gallery......1376

The Loggia Dei Lanzi ......In the Signoria Square....

Perseus 1545...Hercules beating the Centaur Nessus 1599

Matidia, Marciana, Agippina Minor and other treasures.

Artists like Michelangelo, Giambologna, Cellini, & more...

An awesome place......and nice lions too.....

Welcome to the Renaissance.......

This Bronze is "Perseus" holding Medusa's head.....

By: Benvenuto Cellini in 1545.....look it up....

Loggia Dei Signoria.....Florence, Italy.... 2008

The Palazzo Vecchio......

Signoria square in Florence....

The Fountian of Neptune.....

By Ammannati in 1563.....

Piazza Della Signoria.......

Florence, Italy May 2008

This is it........The Piazza Della Signoria.....

Civil and social center of Florence, Italy.....

The Start and Capitol of the Renassiance......

The great sculptures here are absolutely amazing....

Palazzo Vecchio ....

The Town Hall.....

Florence, Italy......

Florence is old and it is beauutiful.....

Designed to be awesome by some of historys most renowned and inspired artists and architects (like Michelangelo and the Medicis) ......

Never intended for a car.....the streets are skinny....very skinny.....you would need a pretty small car to get around.....

Walking at night in Florence, Italy......

Heading back towards my hotel late at night....

Somewhere in Flrorence, Italy....

Here's my hotel for the night in Floence, Italy.....

I very much looked forward to seeing Florence, Italy....

Just like Paris or Venice...

I was very happy to be there...

BIG... BIG.... FUN....

This one I can't relate....Gotta see for youself....

My night photos don't show the colors or size....

This one is plain unbelievable.....

Nothing else quite like this......

Florence was just great....BIG FUN....

Please take a good close look at this photo......

It shows one half..... Of one side....Of this Duomo....

The fact that it is the 3rd largest church in the world means absolutely nothing untill your standing next to it.....

It is God- Sized.....

And Totally, Beyond Reality.....Multi-colored Gothic, Pink, Green and White BEAUTIFULL...!!!!!

I walked all the way around this Monster of Stone....

It's Unbelievably Huge...It takes up blocks and blocks...

Standing next to this thing is difficult and overwhelming.

It's hard to accept it's size and beauty.......

HUGE BIG FUN..!!!

WOW.....

Yes that's me at the Duomo in Florence, Italy 2008
The Basilica Di Santa Maria Del Fiore......

Beautiful green, pink and white stones.....

This is the famous Giotto's Bell Tower....

Also multi-colorered and Beautiful.....

Dated 1334.... a big part of the Duomo....

Piazza Del Duomo.... Florence, Italy....

Breathtaking........Humongous.......Ancient.......
The Basilica Di Santa Maria Del Fiore.... 1296
Piazza Del Duomo in Florence, Italy.....

So big......

Just look at that.....

The front door.....also green, pink and white.....

Absolutely Gorgeous.......

The Basilica Di Santa Maria Del Fiore.....1296 A.D.

Florence, Italy..... May 2008

Beautiful and old...... 1296 A.D.

Awesome.....

The Duomo and the Campanile.....

Basilica Di Santa Maria Del Fiore....1296 A.D.

Giotto's Bell Tower.....1334 A.D.

This is one of the oldest buildings in Florence.....

Dated 1059 A.D......In the Piazza Del Duomo....

Bapttisero Di San Giovanni- Baptistry of St. John....

It is considered a Minor Basilica in it's own right....

Directly across from the Basilica Di Santa Maria Del Fiore

Tuscany, Italy includes:

Both Pisa and Florence

Only about 50 miles apart

East of Pisa..... Tuscany, Italy 2008

West of Florence..... Tuscany, Italy 2008

Tuscany, Italy....

Empoli.... in Tuscany, Italy....

Along the tracks in Tuscany, Italy...

Welcome to Florence, Italy.....

A Medievel Shop in Florence, Italy.....May 2008

Medievel shop.....

Florence.....

Somewhere in Florence......

It's all Italian to me.....

Anna Maria Luisa De Medici.... 1667-1743

The Medici family ruled Italy for many 100's of years...

They were largely responsible for the Italian Renaissance...

Florence, Italy... Home of the Medici's and the Beginings of the Renaissance...

The Basilica San Lorenzo....1419.....Florence, Italy...

At the Basilica os San Lorenzo.....

Really old and really, really huge.......
This is The Basilica San Lorenzo.... 1419