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We went out last night to a night club called the Red Garter, there were plenty of sleazy men there and I was happy enough to go home the earliest!
Florence...
Tav2006-01-13 19:52:24
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We went out last night to a night club called the Red Garter, there were plenty of sleazy men there and I was happy enough to go home the earliest!
We had our guided tour of Florence starting in Piazza Signora and we saw the massive Neptune Statue which is in the middle of a fountain. Also in the Piazza stands a replica of the famous 'David' statue which now sits where the original one stood when unveiled on the 8th September 1504. Michelangelo was 29 years old when he completed the statue which took just 2 years to complete. It was made out of a long skinny piece of white marble that no one else wanted to use. The Neptune statue took 12 years to complete. After David was unveiled people labelled it as a masterpiece.
There was so much artwork in the form of statues in the Piazza some beautiful some very... graphic!!
Florence was the birthplace of the Renaissance some of the statues were based on the ancient Greek statues.
Machiavelli, who was a young philosopher, Leonardo and Raphael were all in Florence at the same time... however Raphael and Leonardo didn't like each other and used to be quoted saying comments
that would rial the other.
We walked past the Duomo which is the 4th largest cathedral in Europe. It is amazing and imposing. The work and detail is extraordinary. It's easy to see why it took 140 years to complete. Unveiled in 1296, it was a birthday present to the Virgin Mary.
We stood on the Pontovecchio amongst the merchants. This is on eof the only bridges that Hitler didn't destroy during his 'visit'.
We had lunch in a little cafe and I officially had the best meatballs in the whole entire world!!! Arty thought that that was a big call but after trying them she agreed with me!!!
We had an excellent dinner
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Italy Gallery
