Entrance to the Palazzo Vecchio
With ornamentive marble frontispiece and the two statues - David (by Michelangelo - a copy as the original has been moved into a museum) and Hercules and Cacus (Baccio Bandinelli)
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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 establi... [read more]
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 establi... [read more] Blog: Florence
Date: September 27th 2006
Date: September 27th 2006
Day 10 - Florence
I'm afraid I didn't do Florence justice :-( Being slightly hungover and generally really tired from all the travelling, we headed into the centre of Florence on a very warm day to be greated by thousands of tourists. I did manage to last for most of a guided walking tour of the city though. It's another beautiful city which is considered by many to be the birthpl ... read moreComment on Entrance to the Palazzo Vecchio
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