A day in Firenze

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September 25th 2014

Published: October 22nd 2017

Geo: 43.7687, 11.2569One of my favorite movies has long been "A Room with a View" from the novel by EM Forester. It stars an impossibly young Helena Bonham Carter as a British expat who falls in love in Florence. When we were in Italy in 1994, we never made it south of Siena so I had yet to see Florence.I checked online and found that a day trip there from Rome is pretty easy. We took... Read Full Entry

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As if the Duomo were not enough

Built in 1337 as a grain market. They left the grain chutes in place even after they converted it to a church

The actual David is here in Florence. We did not see it, but did see multiple life-sized copies.

Can't get enough of this view

Marconi, inventor of the radio is one of many famous folks buried here

The view of the city was even more breathtaking than I'd imagined. From up on the hill, I've never seen a more beautiful skyline

Completed 1314, visited by me 2014. Looks pretty good for 700 years old.

As if the Duomo were not enough

Built in 1337 as a grain market. They left the grain chutes in place even after they converted it to a church

The actual David is here in Florence. We did not see it, but did see multiple life-sized copies.

We saw another statue of a man stabbing a woman which had a story to go along with it. In the story, the man realized just at the moment that he stabbed the woman that he loved her, but it was too late. L and I thought that this might be a similar situa

tion in reverse We saw another statue of a man stabbing a woman which had a story to go along with it. In the story, the man realized just at the moment that he stabbed the woman that he loved her, but it was too late. L and I thought that this might be a similar situation in reverse

One of the lines I loved from "Room with a View" has a tour guide telling his group that Santa Croce was "built by faith." Denholm Elliot's character turns to Lucy and says, "Built by faith--that simply means the workers weren

't paid properly." One of the lines I loved from "Room with a View" has a tour guide telling his group that Santa Croce was "built by faith." Denholm Elliot's character turns to Lucy and says, "Built by faith--that simply means the workers weren't paid properly."