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Bigallo Loggia, formerly an orphanage
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Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore (Duomo of Florence)
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Angel playing lute, Duomo door panel
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Three bronze doors, 1899-1903
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Designed by Arnolfo di Cambio, 1296
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Neo-gothic façade in white, green and red marble
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Contrast of sooty and clean marble walls
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Campanile or Giotto's Bell Tower, 1359
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Battistero di San Giovanni or Florence Baptistry, built 1059-1128
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Florence from the Campanile
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Façade by Emilio De Fabris, completed 1876-1887
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San Lorenzo and the Cappelle Medicee
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Looking down on the Battistero
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Filippo Brunelleschi's beautiful dome
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Looking over Florence to the hills
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Looking down on the Duomo
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Piazza della Repubblica
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Devotional plaque on outside wall
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Love Italian nougat!
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Triumphal arch, Piazza della Repubblica
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Mmm, more nougat!
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Florence's Battistero, Duomo and Campanile
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Orsanmichele, built 1337 as a grain market
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Ornately decorated palazzo
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Beautiful walls on this Palazzo
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Sisters out for gelato!
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Palazzo Vecchio, completed 1322
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Loggia dei Lanzi, lined with ancient Roman statues
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Grand Duke Cosimo I presiding over Piazza del Signoria
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16th c. Fountain of Neptune, Piazza della Signoria