Ancient putti:
Egyptian mummy; alas, I had difficulty getting proper focus through the glass:
View from a window:
Florence: San Lorenzo
A couple of details from inside:
Another view of the tablet for Bl. Nicholas Steno:
Pisa
We didn't stop there, but on the way to Pisa we passed through Pistoia, the City of Plants; it is one of the world's major exporters of decorative plants. It was rather surreal; everywhere you looked all the plants were lined up in rows, tiny little bushes marching in parallel ranks with great big trees.
The Miracles Square:
Details on the Cathedral:
Some more of the Tower:
The Pisan version of the Capitoline Wolf. The primary one is in Rome, of course. I never learned if there was any story behind a copy hanging around on a pillar in the Plaza of Miracles.
to be continued
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