ITALY: TUSCANY May 2019

First page: Florence, Pistoia, Prato, Lucca and Arezzo.

Second page: Pisa, Siena, San Gimignano, Certaldo and Monteriggioni: click here


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

© Kees Hiddinga. Copying only with permission.



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