City of Art and Architecture

A city of art and architecture, Florence is filled with buildings that are architectural works of art in their own right, and many of them are adorned or filled with works of art of all shapes and sizes. These two edifices are cathedrals; elsewhere, in a nondescript academy of art building, one can see the original DAVID, one of Michelangelo's true masterpieces.

Sunday in Florence

We arrived at the overlook outside Florence mid-day on a Sunday. All around the area there were wedding parties celebrating the day. We saw five weddings there at one time. Looking across at the city, the dominating building is the magnificent Florence Cathedral.

Under the Tuscan Sunflowers

The road from Roma to Firenze . . . Florence, in English . . . is brightly lit with lush fields of sunflowers. Upon our arrival in Tuscany, we stopped at an overlook outside Florence to see the town, featuring the famed Ponte Vecchio. In Italy every Ponte (bridge) is named, often for a family of importance in the area.