Vacca's Lion

Loggia dei Lanzi, Piazza de la Signoria. Florence.

Carl Sagan: Up there in the immensity of the Cosmos, an inescapable perception awaits us. National boundaries are not evident when we view the Earth from space. Fanatical, ethnic, religious or national chauvinisms are a little difficult to maintain when we see our planet as a fragile blue crescent fading to become an inconspicuous point of light against the bastion and citadel of the stars.

PHOTO FRIDAY

THE CURRENT CHALLENGE

Fri Mar 18, 2016

This week’s challenge:

‘Powerful’.

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The Golden Hour

River Arno in Florence.

THE CURRENT CHALLENGE

Fri Oct 19, 2012

This week's challenge:
'Vibrant'.

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Florence Biker

Firenze

Art is not to be found by touring to Egypt, China, or Peru; if you cannot find it at your own door, you will never find it. 

To the attentive eye, each moment of the year has its own beauty, and in the same field, it beholds, every hour, a picture which was never seen before and which shall never be seen again. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Moments in Florence

Lion of Flaminio Vacca. 1594.  Loggia della Signoria

Ponte Santa Trinita

Happy Florentines

Piazza di Santa Maria Novella

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September Theme Day: Open Air Market

San Lorenzo Market
Near Piazza del Duomo. Firenze

Florence (Italian: Firenze, alternative obsolete spelling: Fiorenza, Latin: Florentia) is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany and of the province of Florence. It is the most populous city in Tuscany, with 367,569 inhabitants (1,500,000 in the metropolitan area).

The city lies on the River Arno and is known for its history and its importance in the Middle Ages and in the Renaissance, especially for its art and architecture. A centre of medieval European trade and finance and one of the richest and wealthiest cities of the time, Florence is considered the birthplace of the Italian Renaissance; in fact, it has been called the Athens of the Middle Ages. It was long under the de facto rule of the Medici family.

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