(Posted Oct. 2nd by Kim) We started out our second day in Florence by going to the Pitti Palace, a museum with some famous paintings (including some by Raphael), lots of not-so-famous paintings, sculptures, and some VERY beautiful and amazing mosaics. While the Uffizi has more famous works, we chose the Pitti because Joe and I were more interested in the mosaics, and the fact that it had a shorter line helped! I had always thought mosaics were the small tiles on a floor, but these were on tables and in beautiful designs with no space between the tiles that were all different shapes, and they would even choose stones with variation in shades to represent shadows. The top is smooth as the pieces fit together perfectly The mosaics were definitely worth seeing in person because
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