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p6120001 The Duomo. Built in 1296 by architect Arnolfo Di Cambio.

The Duomo. Built in 1296 by architect Arnolfo Di Cambio.

p6120003 The facade is neo-Gothic, built in the 19th century to replace the incomplete original.

The facade is neo-Gothic, built in the 19th century to replace the incomplete original.

p6120005 A view inside the Duomo.

A view inside the Duomo.

p6120007 Stained glass windows by Lorenzo Ghiberti(?). Inside the basilica.

Stained glass windows by Lorenzo Ghiberti(?). Inside the basilica.

p6120010 A view of the Arno river and the Ponte Vecchio (the bridge) from the Uffizi museum

A view of the Arno river and the Ponte Vecchio (the bridge) from the Uffizi museum

p6120011 Benvenuto Cellini's bronze of <a href=../../../florence-notes.html#perseus>Perseo (Persus) brandishing the head of Medusa</a><br> At Loggia della Signoria

Benvenuto Cellini's bronze of Perseo (Persus) brandishing the head of Medusa
At Loggia della Signoria

p6120013 A copy of Michelangelo's David. In front of Palazzo Vecchio at the Piazza della Signoria, where it was originally located..

A copy of Michelangelo's David. In front of Palazzo Vecchio at the Piazza della Signoria, where it was originally located..

p6120014 <a href=../../../florence-notes.html#neptune>Ammannati's huge fountain of Neptune</a>, at the Piazza della Signoria.

Ammannati's huge fountain of Neptune, at the Piazza della Signoria.

p6120017 <a href=../../../florence-notes.html#giambologna>Giambologna's</a> Mannerist <a href=../../../florence-notes.html#rapeofsabine>Rape of the Sabine Women</a> (1583) and <a href=../../../florence-notes.html#handcentaur>Hercules fighting the centaur Nessus</a> (1599).<br> At the Loggia della Signoria.

Giambologna's Mannerist Rape of the Sabine Women (1583) and Hercules fighting the centaur Nessus (1599).
At the Loggia della Signoria.

p6120018 <a href=../../../florence-notes.html#handcaucus>Hercules and Caco</a> by Baccio Bandinelli. In front of Palazzo Vecchio at the Piazza della Signoria.

Hercules and Caco by Baccio Bandinelli. In front of Palazzo Vecchio at the Piazza della Signoria.

p6120020 Cristo and San Tommaso (Orsanmichele church), Christ and Doubting Thomas, 1467-1483 Orsanmichele, Florence, Andrea del Verrocchio, 1435-1488.

Cristo and San Tommaso (Orsanmichele church), Christ and Doubting Thomas, 1467-1483 Orsanmichele, Florence, Andrea del Verrocchio, 1435-1488.




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