Brunelleschi's Dome

The people that built this cathedral were confident. They built it with a massive hole for the dome to go in but without knowing how they were going to build it. Their equipment for scaffolding wasn't able to span the hole to build on it at the time. One idea to keep putting dirt directly under the hole so workers could get up there and to include coins in the dirt so the peasants would come and take it away for free when they were done. Luckily Brunelleschi came along and after studying the ancient Pantheon's dome in Rome devised a plan and built this baby.

Renaissance, Renaissance, Renaissance and good ol' Italian Food

March 23rd 2008
So here we are, home of the Renaissance - Firenze, Italia. We made our way from Sorrento to Naples, leaving our ability to buy tickets and board the train we intended on catching on time in the hands of the travel gods. They were kind and we made it with moments to spare. Damn, we’re getting good at this travelling thing (touch wood!). So anyway, art lovers will know all about Florentine ar ... 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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