SUSAN AND NORMAN IN TUSCANY, 2015

Saturday, November 21, 2015
 
At the Bargello Museum, a one-time prison.



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I wish I could remember who this is, but isn't it marvellous?



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Donatello's Mercury



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Santa Croce, from our apartment building window



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Santa Croce and the piazza



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Inside the Sante Croce, without a Baedecker, but we did have Lior, our guide



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Santa Croce



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A lovely courtyard behind Santa Croce



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Santa Croce as seen from the Piazzella Michelangelo



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and finally, the Santa Croce by moonlight.

Why yes, I am entranced by this church. And it's just around the corner from our apartment.




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Now we head up to the Piazzella Michelango, high above the city, on the south shore of the Arno. The views of the city are splendid.



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Santa Maria di Fiore, from the piazzella



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San Miniato al Monte



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Norman and I and Florence behind us.



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The nave in the crypt of San Miniato



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Some charming della Robbia, in the ceiling of one of the chapels at San Miniato.

Della Robbia's glazed terra cotta roundels often popped up to delight me.




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The terrace at San Miniato. Something for everyone.



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Mosaic at San Miniato



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The Brunellschi/San Marco gang visits Piazzalla Michelangelo.

Scott, C.J., Anne, Shirley, Barry, Susan, Norman




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David. A copy of Michelangelo's, which is in the Accademia.



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