November 24, 2011

Il Duomo di Firenze

Once more a couple of pics from Florence in April. This time it's about the cathedral, the Duomo. Even with the ultra wide angle lens I wasn't able to get a picture of the whole building, it's simply to huge.


Beautiful building with these colored marble walls and the almost unlimited number of details.
On the inside it was rather empty, besides the many visitors.
We climbed the small stairs under the cupola...
..and when we reached the roof the clouds had covered the sun :-(
Nice view, though, over the old city with the red roofs and the surrounding Tuscan hills in the background.

Palazzo Vecchio from above...

...and here's the roof garden cafe of the Uffizi, the famous art gallery (where we had coffee later the same day:-)
Here another fine roof garden, can I get this on top of my Berlin home please? :-)
This one is Santa Croce....this the central market,...
..and here is the railway station Santa Maria Novella, which is a piece of modern architecture in a medieval city.
On the tower next to us people were taking photos, too. We were higher, anyway :-)
On the descent we were able to admire the painted ceiling from close distance, so many things to admire in this city...