| There is always the Duomo, from any angle. |
It's hard to get a full view of it from near it. |
The Gates of Paradise on the Baptistry are still a draw, even though they're replicas. |
You CAN climb the campanile, it's only 400 steps or so, but an ambulance waits to cart you off if you don't make it! |
Close up, the cathedral is a riot of red and green marble and, naturally, restoration. |
The originals of many Florentine sculptures live in the Duomo museum across the street. |
| like this panel from the Gates of Paradise. |
and MIchaelangelo's unfinished Pieta |
as well as a Mary Magdalene that looks like St. John the Baptist |
The Della Robia choir kids there are great. |
Playing, |
Playing cymbals. |
| At Orsanmichele, Donatello's St. George stands quietly - but see the dragon-fight below! |
The Piazza della Singoria is as crowded as any place I've seen. The David in front of the Palazzo Vecchio is a replica. |
Every city has its Neptune statue. |
And some have posing boys: note the fashionably displayed underwear! |
The courtyard of the Palazzo Vecchio |
"that statue" in the Palazzo Vecchio |
