Tuscany – STUDIA PHOTOS

ITALY – SIENA II

More shots from Siena

IHS Christogram, Palazzo Publico, Piazza del Campo, Siena, Tuscany, Italy

Date Clock, Torre del Mangia, Palazzo Publico, Piazza del Campo, Siena, Tuscany, Italy

San Pietro in Castelvecchio, Via San Pietro, Siena, Tuscany, Italy

Loggia della Mercanzia, Via di Città, Siena, Tuscany, Italy

Two statues on the outer pillars of the loggia depict St. Peter and St. Paul and are from Vecchietta (1458 - 1462); the other three statues depict three of the four ancient patron saints of the city, San Savino, Sant'Ansano and San Vittore, and are by Antonio Federighi (1458-1459). (not all included here)

Entrance, Palazzo Chigi Zondadari, Banchi di Sotto, Siena, Tuscany, Italy

Duomo di Siena, Piazza del Duomo, Siena, Tuscany, Italy

Old Staircase, Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Piazza del Duomo, Siena, Tuscany, Italy

  Exhibits Beneath Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Piazza del Duomo, Siena, Tuscany, Italy

 Beneath Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Piazza del Duomo, Siena, Tuscany, Italy

Doorway, 18 Via Fusari, Siena, Tuscany, Italy

Courtyard, La Terrazza Sul Campo, Via di Città, Siena, Tuscany, Italy

Passageway, Via di Città, Siena, Tuscany, Italy

Wine Shop, Via di Città, Siena, Tuscany, Italy

Key Hole & Knocker, Via dei Pellegrini, Siena, Tuscany, Italy

Cellar Stairs, Il Battistero Siena Residenza d' Epoca, Piazza San Giovanni, Siena,Tuscany, Italy

The four-storey Il Battistero Siena Residenza d' Epoca is an historic palace on St. Giovanni Square in front of the Cathedral Baptistery. A Pope, famous authors, artists and architects have all stayed here. Below the Palace and Square is a stone cellar and medieval aqueduct – a secret path once used by Pope Alexander VII.

Morning Frost, Via Fosso di Sant'Ansano, Siena, Tuscany, Italy

A New Friend, Via di Città, Siena, Tuscany, Italy

Stone Framed Window, Via dei Pittori, Siena, Tuscany, Italy

Old Statue, Palazzo Pubblico, Piazza del Campo, Siena, Tuscany, Italy

Torre del Mangia, Palazzo Pubblico, Piazza del Campo, Siena, Tuscany, Italy

Window & Arch, Palazzo Pubblico, Piazza del Campo, Siena, Tuscany, Italy

Ferro di Facciata, Palazzo Pubblico, Piazza del Campo, Siena, Tuscany, Italy

RP 1746, Piazzetta dell'Indipendenza, Siena, Tuscany, Italy

Unity Commemoration, Piazzetta dell'Indipendenza, Siena, Tuscany, Italy

Bust, Piazzetta dell'Indipendenza, Siena, Tuscany, Italy

ITALY – SIENA I

The next leg of our journey is spending four nights in Siena, staying in a wonderful old building that once accommodated popes.

Basilica Cateriniana San Domenico, Piazza San Domenico, Siena, Tuscany, Italy

Battistero di San Giovanni Battista, Piazza San Giovanni, Siena, Tuscany, Italy

Siena Baptistery of San Giovanni – built between 1316-1325. This is right outside our front door.

Bust of Francesco di Giorgio Martini, Piazza San Giovanni, Siena, Tuscany, Italy

Francesco di Giorgio Martini…1439-1501 was an Italian architect, engineer, painter, sculptor, and writer.

Stairs, Il Battistero Siena – Residenza d’epoca, Piazza San Giovanni, Siena, Tuscany, Italy

Old Door, Piazza Del Duomo, Siena, Tuscany, Italy

Doorway, Via Del Capitano, Siena, Tuscany, Italy

Hand Painted Ceramic Plate, Ceramiche Antica Siena, 29 Il Campo, Siena, Tuscany, Italy

Fountain & Christmas Tree, Piazza di Postierla, Siena, Tuscany, Italy

Costa Larga, Siena, Tuscany, Italy

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Wall Point, Via di Città, Siena, Tuscany, Italy

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Vicolo di Tone, Via di Città, Siena, Tuscany, Italy

Statue of Pope Julius III, Chigi Saracini Palace, Via di Città, Siena, Tuscany, Italy

Water Well, Santuario Casa di Santa Caterina, Costa Sant’Antonio, Siena, Tuscany, Italy

Door, Palazzo Chigi Saracini, Via di Città, Siena, Tuscany, Italy

Chiasso del Bargello, Siena, Tuscany, Italy

Historic Building, Siena, Tuscany, Italy

Ferro di Facciata, Via dei Pellegrini, Siena, Tuscany, Italy

Ditta Lombardi, Piazza del Campo, Siena, Tuscany, Italy

Palazzo Pubblico, Piazza del Campo, Siena, Tuscany, Italy

The Town Hall

Piazza del Campo, Siena, Tuscany, Italy

This is the site where the Palio di Siena is held twice yearly

Romulus & Remus, Palazzo Publicco, Piazza del Campo, Siena, Tuscany, Italy

Security Patrol, Piazza del Campo, Siena, Tuscany, Italy

These patrols are everywhere you go in Italy

Former Taverna, Via Sant’Agata, Siena, Tuscany, Italy

View over Town, Via di Fontarella, Siena, Tuscany, Italy

The church tower in the distance is San Clemente in Santa Maria dei Servi

San Pietro in Castelvecchio, Via San Pietro, Siena, Tuscany, Italy

Initially built in the 12th century, this parish church was completely rebuilt in a Baroque style in the 17th century; the brick facade has a portal with a depiction of Glory of St Peter. The belltower dates to 1699, and the facade to 1706.

Exhibit, Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Piazza del Duomo, Siena, Tuscany, Italy

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

Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy Part I

We hired a car from Florence for a drive to Bologna and what a trip. Magnificent.

Italian Countryside Panorama, Tuscany, Italy

Country Villas, Via Bolognese, Querceto, Tuscany, Italy

Castello di Villanova, Via Nazionale, Barberino di Mugello, Tuscany, Italy

Rural Ruins, Via Nazionale, Cafaggiolo, Tuscany, Italy

Misty Panorama, Via Nazionale, Cafaggiolo, Tuscany, Italy

“Warning”, Via Nazionale, Cafaggiolo, Tuscany, Italy

Panoramas, Futa Pass, Via Traversa Futa, Tuscan-Emilian Apennines, Tuscany, Italy

Ristorante Passo della Futa dal 1890, Futa Pass, Via Traversa Futa, Tuscan-Emilian Apennines, Tuscany, Italy

Panorama, Via Pietramala, Pietramala, Tuscany, Italy

Waterfall, Via Idice, Monterenzio, Tuscany, Italy

Building Ruin, Via Idice, Monterenzio, Tuscany, Italy

Hotel San Donato (Palazzo Malvasia), Piazzetta Achille Ardigò, Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

[Our place of residence in Bologna]

The hotel is in an old but fully renovated Italian Palazzo – Palazzo Malvasia which dates to the 13th century.

The Two Towers, Via San Vitale, Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

There are two towers and are commonly referred to as “Two Towers”. They date to the 13th century and are located at the intersection of the roads that lead to the five gates of the old ring wall (mura dei torresotti). It was located at the site of the early medieval Gate to the Via Emilia, the Porta Ravennate, now remembered by the name of the adjacent Piazza di Porta Ravegnana. The taller tower is called the Asinelli while the smaller but more leaning tower is called the Garisenda.

Church & Clock Tower, Via San Vitale, Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

Galleria del Leone, Piazza della Mercanzia, Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

Palazzo della Mercanzia, Piazza della Mercanzia, Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

Ferro da Facciata, Via Castiglione, Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

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.

[See a collection of the wonderful features here]

Iron Bracket, Via Castiglione, Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

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Stairway Passage, Palazzo Pepoli Vecchio, Via Castiglione, Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

Vintage Street Lamp, Piazza del Francia, Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

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Stone Carved, Piazza del Francia, Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

Via de Pepoli, Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, 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)

Doors, Windows, Gates of Florence Part IV

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 Statuary

Tomb of Lorenzo de’ Medici, Cappelle Medicee, Piazza di Madonna degli Aldobrandini, Florence, Tuscany, Italy

Statue, Mercato del Porcellino, Via Calimala, Florence, Tuscany, Italy

David (replica) & Hercules and Cacus, Palazzo Vecchio, Piazza della Signoria, Florence, Tuscany, Italy

Fontana del Nettuno, Piazza della Signoria, Florence, Tuscany, Italy

‘Judith and Holofernes’ by Donatello, Piazza della Signoria, Florence, Tuscany, Italy

Doorside Statue, Palazzo Vecchio, Piazza della Signoria, Florence, Tuscany, Italy

Equestrian Monument of Cosimo I, Piazza della Signoria, Florence, Tuscany, Italy

Monument to Benvenuto Cellini 1500-1571, Ponte Vecchio, Florence, Tuscany, Italy

Water Fountain, Borgo San Jacopo, Florence, Tuscany, Italy

Statue of Cosimo Ridolfo 1794-1865, Piazza San Spirito, Florence, Tuscany, Italy

Francesco Redi 1626-1697 – Anatomist

Farinata degli Uberti 1212-1264 – Aristocrat and Military Leader

Pier Capponi 1447-1496 – Statesman

Giovanni delle Bande Nere 1498-1526 – Mercenary Military Captain of the Pope

Francesco Ferruccio 1489-1530 – Military Captain

Leonardo da Vinci 1452-1519 – Artist & Inventor

Giotto di Bondone 1267-1337 – Painter

Donato di Niccolò di Betto Bardi (Donatello) 1386-1466 – Sculptor

Leon Battista Alberti 1404-1472 – Architect

Benvenuto Cellini 1500-1571 – Artist

Guido Aretino c. 991-1033 – Musical Theorist

Accorso da Bagnolo c. 1182-1263 – Jurist

Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni 1475-1564 (Michelangelo) – Artist

Antoninus of Florence 1389-1459 – Theologian

Dante Alighieri c. 1265-1321 – Poet

Francesco Petrarca 1304-1374 – Poet

Andrea Cesalpino 1519-1603 – Physiologist

Paolo Mascagni 1755-1815 – Anatomist

Galileo di Vincenzo Bonaiuti de’ Galilei (Galileo Galilei) 1564-1642 – Astronomer &

Pier Antonio Micheli 1679-1737 – Botanist

Francesco Guicciardini 1483-1540 – Historian &

Amerigo Vespucci 1454-1512 – Cartographer

All of these are in Piazzale degli Uffizi, 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

Italy 2019 Florence Part I

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