"Florence" Florence by Applelyn
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This is to commerate soldiers who had sacrificed their lives for WWII. Well, I guess all over the world, people are grieving in their own ways for this worldwide destruction due to power-seeking people. Is power so important when you cant even take it with you when you die?
The 1st Architect is Arnolfo di Cambio but in late 1500s, Bernardo Buontalenti managed to persuade Grand Duke Francesco to destroy the first facade and rebuilt a new one according to his design. I think it took about four generations to rebuild it.
I am trying direct translation of Piazza Della Signoria....A large open space of ladies??? At the side of Piazza Della Signoria is the neptune fountain. In the centre stood, a statue of the sea god ,Neptune. In the olden days, the mothers would bring her daughter who had reached marrying age here to show her what a naked man looked like. Perharps that is where the name comes from...just my deduction.
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Hi Olivia, nice pictures you have there of Florence! I was there in 2002 and had a great time myself. I see that they have put up fences around the Neptune fountain! They shouldn't do that!
There are some VERY nice fotos in that travelogue of items not usually imaged for VT. Nice, thanks for sharing these. >~!