Pitti Palace, Florence

We buy paintings; the Medici bought painters.

August 13th 2011
Geo: 43.7687, 11.2569DAY TWELVE (8/13) — Florence, TuscanyThe rest of us buy paintings; the Medici bought painters.There's so much to see and do in Florence and Patrick insists I'm trying to do it all in two days. Yea, so?We met our guide Fabiana at 8:30 and walked along the River Arno to the Uffizi Gallery, the oldest art gallery on earth ... 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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Tommye Fleming

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= TP PROFILE START = Former TravelPod Member: spoonball Joined: May 29th, 2007 From: Saint Louis lives in Saint Louis,MO and Bonita Springs,FL,United States Favorite Book: Tuesdays with Morrie Favorite Movie: The Way We Were Favorite Music: iPod: pop, country, top 20, easy listening, Broadway Hobbies: travel, golf, scrapbooking, photography, Billiken basketball, Golden Retrievers, iPhone word games, bridge Languages: pitifully, just English Bucket List: sleigh ride -- the real thing -- on an old fashioned sleigh behind a team of horses on freshly fallen snow Profession: Retired Ama... full info

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