Friday, May 29, 2009

Florence




Florence is the best place to admire and see the best architectural master pieces that were created between 1200 and 1500 ad.There are so many old churches with beautiful decorations, scultures and paintings. The magnificent Basilica de Santa Maria (Duomo) was built in 1246 by three architectects monks. This super master piece basilica with green and white marble was finished during the Renaissance period by Leon Battista Aberti. Another masterpiece is the Basilica de Santa Crose which leads you to Via Dante De Aligheri who was the father of the Italian language. Dante also wrote la Divina Comedia. There is also the Aligheri tower and the museum which was built in the 20th century. There are many beautiful piazzas all over Florence with beautiful scultures from the Renaissance period. There are astounding works that Michael Angello did and some other painters like him during this time.
Firenze was hot and very expensive. Here the hotel cost 93 Euros. For us this was expensive so we stayed only one day.

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