The party assembled in Florence over the course of the day on Saturday. My group (Beth, Scott, and myself) made the brief walk to il Duomo in the afternoon, and climbed the dome and the tower, before meeting the rest of the party back at the hotel and having dinner. Not pictured: first gelato in Italy (nocciola, aka hazelnut).
We've arrived! Scott, Beth, and i grab lunch at a street cafe |
looking up at the facade of Il Duomo |
facade of Il Duomo |
down the side of the cathedral |
the dome itself |
statues over the side door |
cathedral interior |
cathedral interior ceiling |
cathedral interior stained glass |
cathedral interior clock |
cathedral interior clock |
storage closet inside the cathedral |
cathedral interior, looking back |
inside of the dome |
inside of the dome |
inside of the dome |
cathedral interior |
who likes pseudo-3D abstract floor art? I do, i do! |
more floor art |
a tomb down in the crypt (i think) |
down in the crypt |
this column is no longer load-bearing |
blurry fresco shot in the basement |
Scott in front of blurry basement fresco |
crowd outside of the cathedral |
art on the outside of the cathedral, seen while waiting in line to go up the dome |
side door of the cathedral |
view out a window while climbing the dome |
interior of the dome |
interior of the dome |
interior of the dome |
graffiti on the wall seen while climbing the dome |
photo taken up a hole, while climbing the dome |
i squish pathetic tower between my fingers now |
florence from the top of the dome |
florence from the top of the dome |
stonework on top of the dome |
hills of florence from the top of the dome |
red clay rooftops |
it's Joe! Where did he come from? |
Beth takes a photo from the top of the dome |
florence from the top of the dome |
stonework on top of the dome |
florence from the top of the dome |
florence from the top of the dome |
panorama of florence from the dome |
another washed-out tower photo --- the light was not great |
that tower doesn't look very stable |
florence from the top of the dome |
we never figured out what this pulley system was for |
heading down, more graffiti |
another weird dome climb interior |
inside of the dome again |
unknown dome interior shot |
dome exterior |
view while climbing the tower |
Scott in the tower |
cathedral corner stonework, viewed from the tower |
pots on cathedral roof, viewed from the tower |
there are people up there |
dome exterior, from the tower |
dome exterior, from the tower |
now there are people down there |
florence from the tower |
huh. it's a belltower! |
it's a working belltower! |
dome exterior, from the tower |
dome exterior, shadowed by the tower |
dome exterior, from the tower |
dome exterior, shadowed by the tower |
little abstract geometric motifs are everywhere |
tile roof, from the tower |
that asymmetric-looking tower from the tower |
dome exterior, shadowed by the tower |
dome exterior, shadowed by the tower |
why are there little cubbies for statues outside of the dome? |
neat-looking building in florence |
more photos of those little cubbies |
super-ornate doors to baptistery |
gilded ceiling of baptistery |
gilded ceiling of baptistery |
inside baptistery |
inside ceiling of baptistery |
neat patterns in baptistery windows |
Florence street art |
Il Latini. I don't seem to have gotten any photos of the insane meal we ate in this restaurant. I counted six courses --- appetizers, primi (including the bread soup i've been trying to get the internet to replicate for me), an enormous plate of meat, dessert, biscotti with vin santo, then another fortified dessert wine. At that point, we asked for the check, so there's no real way of knowing how many more courses would have followed. |