Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Italy.....Florence....Part 1.

A Beautiful stain glass window, in one of the many Churches in Florence.
Jeff sat on the stairs of an old church and fed the pigeons with Navy.

She thought it was Hilarious!


This is the Duomo of Florence and is the 4th largest cathedral in Europe. It was completed in 1463, and was built completely without scaffolding. It is very ornate and beautiful!



Inside of the Duomo, all of the floors are multi colored marble, and stain glass adorns the walls.




These are the east doors of the Baptistery. they were commissioned in 1401 to mark the city's deliverance for the plaque. It took 18 years to finished these bronze doors that depict 10 different scriptural subjects.





The Arch that lead into the original part of the city.






Shopping in the out door market. There were street after street of exactly the same stuff, at almost exactly the same price.







1 comment:

  1. Wow I can't believe how jealous I am! It is beautiful isn't it? I actually teared up when I saw the Gates of Paradise in real life.
    You are some lucky people.
    Navy is so cute!!!!

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