Florence Cathedral (Duomo)

Florence Cathedral (Duomo) from Piazzale Michelangelo. DSC_0115p1

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Florence Day 1: A Spectacular View from Piazzale Michelangelo

September 29th 2012
We arrived in Florence from Pisa about four in the afternoon. First stop was check-in at the Hotel Kraft. It is a vey nice older hotel in a quiet neighborhood. I also very much liked the Italianate stye of the building. The hotel is a bit removed from the historic center of Florence We found it to be about a 12 block walk from Piazza della Repubblica at the edge if the historic center to the hotel ... 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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