Monday, 14 September 2009

Florence - Final Days

Spent the last couple of days in Florence with a visit to the Galleria dell'Accademia (to see Michelangelo's David of course), and some more random walking and church hunting. Some photos - enjoy!

Detail of a decorative fleur-de-lis on
the exterior of Orsanmichele
Detail of Orsanmichele
This guy got a LOT of attention in
the Piazza della Signoria
Dad rubbing the snout of the "Porcellino" in
the Mercato Nuovo
Piazza di Santa Trinita with
Column of JusticePiazza del Limbo (stands on the site of
a cemetery for unbaptised babies. Freaky)
View of Ponte Vecchio from
Ponte Santa Trinita
The Biblioteca Nazionale
Santa Croce

Piazza Santa Croce
Detail of Santa Croce

Museo Nazionale del Bargello
The Duomo (yet again!)
San Marco

Piazza della Santissima Annunziata (where
we would eat our nightly gelato)
Santa Maria Novella

San Lorenzo and Mercato San Lorenzo

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