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Sandro Botticelli at The Uffizi Gallery, Florence
On this visit to Florence, we met Michelangelo’s David – widely considered to have the most beautiful male body, and we also saw arguably the ideal beautiful woman in The Birth of Venus by Sandro Botticelli. This painting is in the Uffizi Gallery (Galleria degli Uffizi) which is one of the largest and most visited…
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A Food Court in the Middle of Florence
About 5 minutes walk from our hotel (Hotel Spadi) is Florence’s central market (Mercato Centrale Firenze). There, we found a gourmet market and food court. A single web site il Mercato Centrale hosts the pages of the central food markets of Florence, Rome, Turin and Milan. The site carries news about the businesses and list…
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Ponte Vecchio, Florence
Ponte Vecchio (old bridge) is the oldest bridge in Florence and one of its famous landmarks. It crosses the river Arno at its narrowest point; its cobbled path connects directly to the Duomo and Piazza della Repubblica on the north side of the Arno, and the Palazzo Pitti on the south. If you just stumbled…
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Random Moment #18 – Pink Martini
Pink Martini is an American band that defies classification. We liked their music for its diversity. Founded in 1994 in Oregon by Thomas Lauderdale – the pianist, their music crosses multiple genres – classical, traditional pop, latin and jazz. Because their songs also uses multiple languages, they are a perennial favorite in the global music…
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Bookshop at Teatro Niccolini, Florence
Continuing with our exploration of Florence… We stumbled into this small bookshop in the neighborhood of our hotel (see our earlier post) in the heart of Florence. The bookshop is a part of Teatro Niccolini which is apparently the oldest theatre in Florence. If you like to join us on this epic road trip from…
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Piazza della Signoria, Florence
Piazza della Signoria is in the center of Florence, and is considered the most important piazza for citizens and visitors of the city. We walked past this piazza almost every day while we explore the city. If you have just started here on our blog, this is a post in a series which tracks our…
