ITALY: TUSCANY May 2019
First page: Florence, Pistoia, Prato, Lucca and Arezzo.Florence: Cathedral 'Santa Maria del Fiore' |
Florence: the back side of the cathedral, 13th-14th century |
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Florence: bas reliefs on the tower of the cathedral |
Florence: view from the top of the dome |
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Florence: the dome from the inside |
Florence: fresco, detail: representation of the hell |
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Florence: Palazzo Podestą, 13th-14th century |
Florence: Palazzo Podestą, courtyard |
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Florence: museum in Palazzo Podestą, statues by Michelangelo a.o. |
Florence: maintenance of a building |
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Florence: Palazzo Vecchio, the old palace |
Florence: statues, to the left a copy of David by Michelangelo |
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Florence: Loggia della Signoria (city council) with old statues |
Florence: church Santa Maria Novella (also name of the main station) |
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Florence: a huge palace of the Medici, rulers 15th-16th century |
Florence: extraordinary sculpture over the door of the palace |
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Florence: Ospedale degli Innocenti, former hospital |
Florence: medallons on the Ospedale, from the 15th century |
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Florence: Casa Buonarroti, house of Michelangelo from the 16th century |
Florence: statue of young Michelangelo by Zocchi |
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Florence: Synagoge, in the style of the Aya Sofia van Istanbul |
Florence: basilica di Santa Croce, church with neogotic facade |
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Florence: Palazzo Antella from the 17th century |
Florence: frescoes and bust on Palazzo Antella |
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Florence: city wall, of which a small part is left |
Florence: Sant Miniato al Monte, church on a hill |
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Florence: view upon the city |
Florence: view upon river Arno with the old rooft bridge |
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Florence: Ponte Vecchio, old bridge with houses and shops |
Florence: on the old bridge from 1345 |
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Lucca: city wall from the 16th century |
Lucca: Duomo di San Martino, church 11th-13th century |
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Lucca: Duomo: facade of white and greenish marble |
Lucca: Duomo, sculptures on the facade |
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Lucca: Duomo, sculptures on the facade |
Lucca: modern wall painting |
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Lucca: San Michele in Foro, church from the 12th-14th century |
Lucca: in the church a corps in a cabinet |
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Lucca: Palazzo Pfanner with garden |
Lucca: Roman church San Frediano from the 12th century |
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Lucca: Piazza del'Anfiteatro: square, previously amfitheatre |
Lucca: remains of the amfitheatre (colosseum) on the houses |
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Lucca: street in the city center |
Lucca: the club for sure is aimed at the small devil to the right |
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Lucca: Casa-Torre Guinigi, house with tower, 13th-15th century |
Lucca: view from the 41 meter high tower |
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Pistoia: Palazzo dei Vescovi, bishop's palace from the 11th century |
Pistoia: Batistero di San Giovanni in Corti, baptistery, 14th century |
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Pistoia: Palazzo del Comune, gothic, from the 14th century |
Pistoia: modern work of art |
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Pistoia: Ospedale del Ceppo, former hospital |
Pistoia: fries on the Ospedale from 1530 |
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Prato: Castello de'll Imperatore, fortress, oldest parts from 1248 |
Prato: Casa Francesco Datini, from 14th century |
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Prato: Palazzo Pretorio, roman and gothic |
Prato: Duomo di Santo Stefano, with pulpit outside on the corner |
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Arezzo: street from the upper to the lower town |
Arezzo: cheerful fish on an old facade |
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Arezzo: Piazza Grande, square with medieval houses |
Arezzo: Palazzo della fraternitį dei Laici, palace 14th-15th century |
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Arezzo: Santa Maria della Pieve, roman church |
Arezzo: Santa Maria della Pieve, pillar with a bend and cow heads |
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Arezzo: Palazzo Camaiani Albergotti, palace; nearby a tower house |
Arezzo: wall painting on 13th century Palazzo Camaiani Albergotti |
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Arezzo: Palazzo Pretorio 14th-15th century |
Arezzo: coat-of-arms on the facade of the Palazzo Pretorio |
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Arezzo: Palazzo del Comune, town hall |
Arezzo: Roman wall painting in the archaeological museum |
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Arezzo: remains of a Roman amfitheatre (colosseum) |
Arezzo: remains of a Roman amfitheatre from 1th-2th
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© Kees Hiddinga. Copying only with permission.
The second page: Pisa, Siena, San Gimignano, Certaldo and Monteriggioni: click here