View of the Duomo

About two thirds of the way up the 414 steps of the bell tower we took this picture of the Duomo. It's so large a structure, it's impossible to get the entire thing in one picture.

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Florence

June 22nd 2006
Day 1 Our first day in Florence was mostly settling in. After we checked into our hotel, we decided to go get tickets for the Uffizi Gallery for the next day. After figuring out the bus system (and apparently the routes change quite often) we made our way to the Uffizi and reserved our spots for the next morning. Then we found a nice plazza to go to called Palazzo di Michelangelo. This plaza over ... 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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