Florence Italy--I think the best word to describe this city -museum. There is something old everywhere you look. There are statues, buildings, bridges, paintings, even our hotel elevator-- everywhere in the city things are ancient. One of the main sights we wanted to see was the Santa Maria del Flore Cathedral and its Duomo (dome). The gothic cathedral is the third largest. The Vatican and cathedral in London are the only ones bigger. The duomo is the largest dome in the world since the Pantheon in Rome. The lines to tour the inside of the cathedral and climb to the top of the duomo were about three hours long. That is way too long for us so we satisfied ourselves with looking at the exterior. And there was plenty to see on the outside--statues, tilework, columns
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