Detail on the Baptistry doors

"Za za" is the sound a mosquito makes

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May 12th 2010
Geo: 43.7687, 11.2569Ah! Sleeping in till 7:15: what bliss!I wasn't entirely sure what I planned to do with my morning, but I walked toward the Mercato Centrale and met Sheree and Sandy just coming out. So I walked along with them through the San Lorenzo market and then over near Santa Maria Novella. We eventually decided we needed a plan, so we set off in the direction of the Ponte Vecchi ... 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