Florence - Duomo -The intricate carving on the marble facade

Many of the buildings here in Florence are decorated similalry with the grey and white marble. This is probalbly the most intricate.

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Our last days in Florence

October 14th 2012
Buongiorno from Florence, This is our last day in Florence, we have enjoyed ourselves and enjoyed the opportunity to get to know that city well having been here for a week. One thing, I neglected to discuss in the first Florence blog was our visit on our first day to the photographic archives that are housed here in Florence. There is a museum and archive of hundreds and thousands of photo ... read more

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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

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