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Italy 2019 Florence Part III
Corner Doors, Cappelle Medicee (Medici Chapel), Piazza di San Lorenzo, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Street Sign, Via del Giglio, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Fortezza di San Giovanni Battista, viale Filippo Strozzi, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Fortezza da Basso is a fort inserted in the fourteenth century walls of Florence. Its official name is the Fortress of Saint John the Baptist. It opened in 1537.
Fontana Della Fortezza Da Basso, viale Filippo Strozzi, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Lamps, Fontana Della Fortezza Da Basso, viale Filippo Strozzi, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Trams, viale Filippo Strozzi, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
“Largo Martiri delle Foibe”, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Pillar Lamp, Hotel La Fortezza, viale Giovanni Milton, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Russian Orthodox Church of the Nativity, Via Leone, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Portico, Piazza della Libertà, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Triumphal Arch of the Lorraine, Piazza della Libertà, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Northernmost point of the historic centre of Florence.. erected between 1737-1739.
Porta San Gallo, Piazza della Libertà, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
This was once the main northern gate of the city.
Fresco, Porta San Gallo, Piazza della Libertà, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Street Lamp, Piazza della Libertà, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Drinking Fountain, Porta San Gallo, Piazza della Libertà, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Stone Carving, Chiesa Santa Lucia dè Magnoli, Via de’ Bardi, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Religious Shrine, Via Nazionale, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Italy 2019 Florence Part II
Water Fountain, Via del Canto dei Nelli, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Polizia, Via de’ Vecchietti, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Scooters, Via de’ Cerretani, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
View to Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore, Via dei Pecori, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Bin with City Emblem, Via de’ Vecchietti, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Via degli Strozzi through to Piazza della Repubblica, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Palazzo Vecchio, Piazza della Signoria, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
City Policeman, Piazza della Signoria, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Piazza della Signoria, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Sculpture, Piazza della Signoria, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
“Generali”, Piazza della Signoria, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
“Carabinieri” Car, Piazza della Signoria, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
City Policewoman, Palazzo Vecchio, Piazza della Signoria, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
City Emblem, Palazzo Vecchio, Piazza della Signoria, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Fountain, Cnr Via Dei Leoni, Via dei Neri, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Piazzale degli Uffizi, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
On Ponte Vecchio, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Across River Arno, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Ponte Santa Trinita, River Arno, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Closed Shopping Stalls, Ponte Vecchio, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Old Stone Carving, Ponte Vecchio, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Religious Icon, Via de’ Guicciardini, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Shop Arcade, Via de’ Guicciardini, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Old Stone Wall, Piazza de’ Pitti, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Street Lamp, Piazza de’ Pitti, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Colonna di San Felice, Battle of Marciano 1551, Piazza San Felice, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
War Memorial 1915-1918, Piazza San Felice, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Old Stone Benches, Piazza Santo Spirito, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Via Maffia, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Scuola dell’Infanzia Fioretta Mazzei (Nursery School), Piazza del Carmine, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Chiesa di Santa Maria del Carmine (Church), Piazza del Carmine, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Steps of Chiesa di Santa Maria del Carmine (Church), Piazza del Carmine, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Piazza del Carmine, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Ponte alla Carraia, River Arno, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
View from Ponte alla Carraia to Ponto Santa Trinata & Ponte Vecchio, River Arno, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Abandoned Bicycle, Via del Moro, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Basilica di Santa Maria Novella, Piazza di Santa Maria Novella, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Street Sign, Via Chiasso degli Armati, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Restaurant, Via del Giglio, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Ristorante Lorenzo De’ Medici, Via del Giglio, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Ferro da Facciata of Bologna & Florence
A ferro (plural ferri) or ferro da facciata is an item of functional wrought-iron work on the façade of an Italian building. Ferri are a common feature of Medieval and Renaissance architecture in Lazio, Tuscany and Umbria. They are of three main types: ferri da cavallo have a ring for tethering horses, and are set at about 1.5 metres from the ground; holders for standards and torches are placed higher on the façade and on the corners of the building; arpioni have a cup-shaped hook or hooks to support cloth for shade or to be dried, and are set near balconies.
In Florence, ferri da cavallo and arpioni were often made to resemble the head of a lion, the symbolic marzocco of the Republic of Florence. Later, cats, dragons, horses and fantastic animals were also represented.
Doors, Windows, Gates of Florence Part I
I find doors and windows to be quite fascinating and many fine examples are available in the old cities.
Italy 2019 Florence Part I
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The beginning of our time in Italy starts with Florence
Mont Blanc, French Italian Border, Europe
Doors of Florence
Street Markets, Via dell’Ariento, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Fire Hydrant, via Chiara, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Piazza del Mercato, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Religious Shrine, Via Nazionale, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Sagrestia Nuova (New Sacristy) & Cappelle Medicee (Medici Chapel), Piazza di San Lorenzo, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Sacristy Built by Michaelangelo in 1534
Via del Canto dei Nelli, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Piazza di San Lorenzo, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Opera Medicea Laurenziana, Piazza di San Lorenzo, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Monumento a Giovanni delle Bande Nere, Piazza di San Lorenzo, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Borgovino Wine Store, Borgo San Lorenzo, 7, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Borgo San Lorenzo, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Battistero di San Giovanni (The Baptistery of St. John), Piazza San Giovanni, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Medici Chapel, Piazza di Madonna degli Aldobrandini, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Triptychs
I decided to try my hand at something different….. this is the result!
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Fimiston Open Pit, Fimiston, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Western Australia
The pit is oblong in plan view and is approximately 3.5 kilometres long, 1.5 kilometres wide and over 600 metres deep. Until 2016 it was Australia’s largest open cut gold mine now surpassed by Newmont’s Boddington gold mine also in Western Australia.
“The Swilkie”, Pentland Firth, Orkney Islands, Scotland UK
‘The Swilkie’ is the most dangerous whirlpool in the Pentland Firth. It is occasioned by the meeting of four or five contrary tides. According to Icelandic legend, the Swilkie is the place where the salt which maintains the saltiness of the oceans is ground in a giant quern, stolen from King Frodi by a sea-king named Mysing. When Mysing’s longship sank off Stroma under the weight of it, he still continued to grind away with it 15 fathoms down and to this day the sea can still be heard roaring through it.
‘The Swilkie” is off the northern coast of the Island of Stroma.
Bungee Jumper, Korintos Isthmus Bridge, Corinth Canal, Loutraki, Greece
Submersible Bridge (Isthmia Bridge), Corinth Canal, Isthmus of Corinth, Greece
The bridge at the Isthmia end of the canal submerges into the water to allow ships to enter or leave the canal.
Imerovigli, Santorini, Greece
The unit we stayed in for a few days is in the foreground – the first half-wall in the top right square.
Stadium, Ithoni, Ancient Messene, Greece
View Across Messian Gulf, Koroni, Greece
This is the view from the house where we stayed.
Panorama, Via del Voltone, San Marino, San Marino
Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich Peninsula, Greenwich, London, England UK