• The statues in the Loggia dei Lanzi; Piazza della Signoria
  • Not the real David; Piazza della Signoria
  • A back street near the Uffizi
  • Ponte Vecchio in the distance

Florence -- the capital of Tuscany and home to Dante Alighieri, Macchiavelli, Michelangelo, Donatello, Raphael, da Vinci, Galileo, Brunelleschi, the Medicis, and the guy who makes Ferragamo shoes.  Marvelous statues, museums, and churches, all clustered around picturesque squares...

  • Statue of Dante Alighieri; Piazza di Santa Croce
  • Facade of Santa Croce
    • Campanile (bell tower) of the Duomo
    • Cellini's `Perseus With the Head of Medusa'
      • Copy of Giambologna's `Rape of the Sabine Women'; Piazza della Signoria
      • Michelangelo's Tomb
      • The Duomo (Santa Maria di Fiore); note the dome by Brunelleschi.
      • `The Fountain of Neptune'; Piazza della Signoria
        • Interior detail; Duomo