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ITALY – PISA

We caught a train from Rome to begin the planned part of our holiday. We will spend the next four nights in Pisa. Our hotel was wonderfully located a very short walk from the Piazza Delle Duomo.

Rooftops of Pisa, Tuscany, Italy

(Taken from the balcony of our hotel)

Cattedrale di Pisa, Piazza del Duomo, Pisa, Tuscany, Italy

(Taken from the balcony of our hotel)

Bells of Chiesa di San Giorgio dei Tedeschi, Via Santa Maria, Pisa, Tuscany, Italy

(Taken from the balcony of our hotel)

Entrance, Collegio Ferdinando, Via Santa Maria, Pisa, Tuscany, Italy

In 1593, the Ferdinand College was inaugurated at 102 via Santa Maria. The great portal in marble and the bust of the Grand Duke are works by Raffaele Pagni. Ferdinand I wanted to open its doors to all deserving students, even those who did not have the opportunity to pay for their studies.

Inner Courtyard Door, Università di Pisa – Biblioteca di Antichistica, Via Santa Maria, Pisa, Tuscany, Italy

Doorway, 2 Via dei Mille, Pisa, Tuscany, Italy

Chiesa di San Sisto, Piazza Francesco Buonamici, Pisa, Tuscany, Italy

Antica Trattoria Antonietta Pisa, Via Santa Maria, Pisa, Tuscany, Italy

The Tower at Night, Piazza del Duomo, Pisa, Tuscany, Italy

Battistero di San Giovanni & Cattedrale di Pisa, Piazza del Duomo, Pisa, Tuscany, Italy

Battistero di San Giovanni, Piazza del Duomo, Pisa, Tuscany, Italy

Entrance of Tourist Information Office, Piazza del Duomo, Pisa, Tuscany, Italy

Part of the Museo delle Sinopie used as the ticket office for the attractions.

Via Roma, Pisa, Tuscany, Italy

Fontana dei Putti, Piazza Arcivescovado, Pisa, Tuscany, Italy

Christmas Lights, Via Santa Maria, Pisa, Tuscany, Italy

Street Lamp, Via Santa Maria, Pisa, Tuscany, Italy

Battistero di San Giovanni & Leaning Tower, Piazza del Duomo, Pisa, Tuscany, Italy

(Taken from the balcony of our hotel)

Torre di Santa Maria, Via Contessa Matilde, Pisa, Tuscany, Italy

Tower Gate, Torre di Santa Maria, Via Contessa Matilde, Pisa, Tuscany, Italy

Battistero di San Giovanni, Piazza del Duomo, Pisa, Tuscany, Italy

On the Old City Wall Walkway, Pisa, Tuscany, Italy

Within The Wall, City Wall, Pisa, Tuscany, Italy

ITALY – 2024-2025

The beginning of our trip to Tuscany, Italy. We had booked flights to take us to Pisa to begin the trip and thus made all of the arrangements around this. Unfortunately, Emirates decided to remove their scheduled flight from Dubai to Pisa leaving us with a bit of a problem. We ended up having to leave a couple of days earlier than planned and fly to Rome and then catch a train to Pisa to start our holiday, hence we spent only a single day in Rome. Below is from that day.

Views of The Colosseum

Archaeological Excavation, via Luigi Petroselli, Rome, Italy

Circus Maximus, Viale Aventino, Rome, Italy

Chiesa di San Rocco all’Augusteo, Via di Ripetta, Rome, Italy

(Built between 1499 – 1832)

Chiesa del Santissimo Nome di Maria al Foro Traiano, Foro Traiano, Rome, Italy

Distressed Wall, Chiesa di San Sebastiano al Palatino, Via di San Bonaventura, Rome, Italy

Ornate Statuette Lamp. Grand Hotel Palace, Via Vittorio Veneto, Rome, Italy

Gateway, Chiesa di San Sebastiano al Palatino, Via di San Bonaventura, Rome, Italy

The site was originally for a temple built by the emperor Elagabalus in the third century. The temple was replaced by a church and an attached monastery in the tenth century. It was dedicated to the Virgin Mary, Saint Sebastian, and Saint Zoticus, which can be read in an inscription that also contains the name of the founder of monastery, a physician named “Peter”. Originally the church was known as Santa Maria in Pallara, after the Palladium, the ancient image of Athena from Troy which – along with some of the most sacred objects in pagan Rome – was allegedly kept in a pagan temple on the same site. In 1061, the church was given to the abbot of Montecassino. It was then dedicated to Saint Sebastian. The structure that stands today is the result of a rebuilding in 1624.

Terme di Elagabalo, Via di S. Gregorio, Rome, Italy

Roman Baths adjacent to The Colosseum.

Shrine, Via di San Bonaventura, Rome, Italy

Side Wall of Chiesa San Bonaventura al Palatino, Via di San Bonaventura, Rome, Italy

Ruins, via Filippo Turati, Rome, Italy

Ruins behind Circus Maximus, Viale Aventino, Rome, Italy

Overgrown Gateway, Via di San Bonaventura, Rome, Italy

Courtyard, via Cairoli, Rome, Italy

Colonnade, via Giovanni Giolitti, Rome, Italy

Colonnade, Piazza Vittorio Emanuele II, Rome, Italy

Poignant Message, Colonnade, Piazza Vittorio Emanuele II, Rome, Italy

Doorway, Frati Cappuccini (Capuchin Friars), San Fedele Convent, via Cairoli, Rome, Italy

Street Sign, Via Machiavelli, Rome, Italy

Birra Moretti IPA, Hotel Napoleon, Piazza Vittorio Emanuele II, Rome, Italy

Oops!, Via di Porta Maggiore, Rome, Italy

99 Piazza Vittorio Emanuele II, Rome, Italy

Italy 2019 Florence Part IV

Religious Statues, Basilica di San Marco, Piazza San Marco, Florence, Tuscany, Italy

Basilica di San Marco, Piazza San Marco, Florence, Tuscany, Italy

Monument To General Manfredo Fanti, Piazza San Marco, Florence, Tuscany, Italy

The Monument to General Manfredo Fanti commemorates General Manfredo Fanti, a soldier and leader in battles for Italian independence and unification. Erected in 1873.

Piazza della Santissima Annunziata, Florence, Tuscany, Italy

Fountain, Piazza della Santissima Annunziata, Florence, Tuscany, Italy

Granduca Ferdinando I de’ Medici, Piazza della Santissima Annunziata, Florence, Tuscany, Italy

It is said the statue was cast with cannons taken from the Turks by the Knights of Santo Stefano.

Cupola di Brunelleschi, (Il Duomo), Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore, Florence, Tuscany, Italy

Pope Eugenius IV, Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore, Florence, Tuscany, Italy

The cathedral was consecrated by Pope Eugene IV on 25 March 1436, (the first day of the year according to the Florentine calendar).

Sant’Antonino da Firenze, Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore, Florence, Tuscany, Italy

Arnolfo di Cambio
(c. 1240 – 1300/1310)
Italian architect and sculptor. In 1294-95 he worked in Florence, in charge of construction of the cathedral of the city

Statue of Fillipo Brunelleschi, Piazza del Duomo, Florence, Tuscany, Italy

Filippo Brunelleschi
(Firenze c. 1377 – 1446)
Italian designer and a key figure in architecture. Designer of the dome of the cathedral.

Doorway to the Dome, Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore, Florence, Tuscany, Italy

“Watchful”, Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore, Florence, Tuscany, Italy

L’Antica Cantina del Chianti, Piazza del Duomo, Florence, Tuscany, Italy

Smallgoods Shop, Via Sant’Antonino, Florence, Tuscany, Italy

“Elemosine Per Il Mantenimento Della Luce”, Via Sant’Antonino, Florence, Tuscany, Italy

Translation – Alms For Keeping The Light 

Piazza di Madonna degli Aldobrandini, Florence, Tuscany, Italy

Via del Giglio, Florence, Tuscany, Italy

Trattoria La Madia, Via del Giglio, Florence, Tuscany, Italy

Tourist Carriage, Via Panzani, Florence, Tuscany, Italy

Carabinieri, Via Panzani, Florence, Tuscany, Italy

Albergo (Hotel) Bonciani, Via Panzani, Florence, Tuscany, Italy

Obelisco al Caduti Per La Patria, Piazza dell’Unità Italiana, Florence, Tuscany, Italy

Carving, Convent of Santa Maria Novella Dominican Fathers, Piazza di Santa Maria Novella, Florence, Tuscany, Italy

Carabinieri, Basilica di Santa Maria Novella, Piazza di Santa Maria Novella, Florence, Tuscany, Italy

Sant’Antonino da Firenze, Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore, Florence, Tuscany, Italy

St. Antoninus (Antonio Pierozzi, the Archbishop of Florence)