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The family crest on the Palazzo Sassetti (the Sassetti were among the most loyal to the Medici family), 14th cen. Florence 2014
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Colonna della Dovizia or Colonna dell'Abbondanza (Column of Abundance, re-positioned in 1956) in Piazza della Repubblica. The column was erected in the center of the city, at the crossing of the cardo and decumanus of the ancient Roman city. Florence 2014
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View of the city from the Giotto's Bell Tower. Looking south at the Palazzo Vecchio and Tower of Arnolfo. Florence 2014
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Looking south from the Giotto's Bell Tower. Half-cylindrical tower: the Tower of Pagliazza, maybe the oldest building in Florence (6-7th cen). Florence 2014
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View of the city from the Giotto's Bell Tower. Looking south-west at Piazza della Repubblica. Florence 2014
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View of the city from the Giotto's Bell Tower. Looking south at the Palazzo Vecchio with the Tower of Arnolfo. Florence 2014
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Looking west from the Giotto's Bell Tower. Center: Chiesa (church) dei Santi Michele e Gaetano (1604-1648) with its assymetrical campanile. Florence 2014
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Left: Palazzo Arcivescovile (archbishops's) reconstructed in 1584 after a fire for Alessandro Ottaviano de 'Medici (Pope Leo XI for less than a month in 1605). His coat of arms is on the corner of the palazzo. Florence 2014
