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2017/10/20

Florence (Italy)

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(Digitized the film photographs taken in September 2002 with scanner)

Florence as seen from  from the heights of Piazzale Michelangelo

Map of visited site in Florence             The Historic Centre of Florence is designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
(Copy from Google )
(left) Florence Cathedral (Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore)      (right) Basilica di Santa Croce 

The Florence Cathedral complex includes the Baptistery (Battistero di San Giovanni ) and the Bell Tower (Giotto's Campanile).

Basilica di Santa Croce      It's the burial place of Michelangelo, Galileo, the composer Rossini and so on.

Florence is said to be 'Rosy City'.


Palazzo Vecchio in Piazza della Signoria       There is a copy of Michelangelo's David statue.

Piazza della Signoria with the gallery of statues 'Loggia dei Lanzi'

Arno river in the early morning

Ponte Vecchio bridge , the oldest bridge in Florence

On the Ponte Vecchio bridge      The bridge in the distance is Ponte Santa Trinita on the downstream.

There are shops of jewelry, arts and souvenir on the bridge.    Daytime is crowded with tourists.

On the Ponte Vecchio bridge      The bridge in the distance is Ponte alle Grazie on the upstream.

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