The Farmacia of Santa Maria Novella-an herbal farmacy 600 years old and still running...one wall with original ceramic containers for herbs, powders, medicines, etc...

Soaking in another day in the new Florentine sun

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May 7th 2005
Soaking it in-Parco delle Cascine A father has a stick lodged into the back of a tricycle, right behind the pink cushion seat, sticking up perpendicular to be used as a handle to safely guide, secretly, his grandchild as she peddles as best her 7inch feet can. The Arno is flowing fiercely, and the fields and greenery around the park have been left to grow, grasses are now almost as tall ... read more

Europe » Italy » Tuscany » Florence

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Italy became a nation-state in 1861 when the city-states of the peninsula, along with Sardinia and Sicily, were united under King Victor EMMANUEL II. An era of parliamentary government came to a close in the early 1920s when Benito MUSSOLINI establis... ... read more