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The main entrance to the Duomo & Baptistry.
The "Campanile" (left), the "Dome" (ctr).
"Gate of Paradise," dubbed by Michelangelo.
The east doors of the Baptistry (1424-1452). Bronze doors
that mark the cities deliverence from the plague.
"Gate of Paradise'" (east door)
(top) The creation,
(ctr) The drunkeness of Noah and his sacrifice,
(bottom) Esau and Jacob.
To my great sadness the museum that exhibits the "David"
was closed the day we were in Florence so we had to settle with the David in the Piazza della Signoria. This replica symbolizes
triumph over tyrany. The original stood here until 1873.
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Duomo & Baptistry
Dome by Brunellesche, Florences most famous symbol. Finished in 1463,
this dome was the largest of its time to be built without scaffolding. The cathedral is Europes 4th largest and the cities
talest building.
The main entrance to the Duomo & Baptistry.
"Gate of Paradise" two panels in detail.
(top) Joseph sold into slavery,
(bottom) The fall of Jericho.
The Tomb of Michelangelo (1570)
in the gothic Church of Santa Croce. Also buried here, Galileo & Machiavelli.
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