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CIAO ADRIANO
8 DAYS IN TUSCANY AND UMBRIA THE 2007 DOM PARADOX A TOUR FOR NICK (DOM P'S SON) AND JACUI October / November 2007
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DAY FIVE
Sunday 4 November - Florence
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Porta Romana, Last Supper (1514) by Franciabigio (1482 - 1526 (44)) in the nearby ex-Convento e Chiesa di San Giusto della Calza.
Ognissanti Church on the Arno River (fresco by Domenico Ghirlandaio featuring a young Amerigo Vespucci (1454 - 1512 (58)) the Ognissanti parishioner after whom the Americas were named), SS Trinita Church (distant unlit frescos by Domenico Ghirlandaio (1449 - 1494 (45)) in the scaffolded Sassetti Chapel), Santa Croce (Franciscan Church - as in the other churches, limited access because of Sunday services).
Fun pizza lunch at Il Gatto & La Volpe (behind the Bargello) - staff photos by Nick.
Baptistery east doors by Lorenzo Ghiberti (1378 - 1455 (77)) (the Baptistery itself is closed for mosaic restoration). The Duomo (including Uccello’s (1397 - 1475 (78)) clock face and his huge equestrian fresco portrait of Sir John Hawkwood ("Giovanni Acuto" Condottiere, 1320 - 1394 (74)), and an iconic fresco "portrait" of Dante (1265 - 1321 (56)). The newly reopened Church of Orsanmichele, outside which several of the most memorable Renaissance statues first appeared.
Uffizi queue (2 hours) & Gallery (1 hour then it closed - but the A tour guide ensured that what needed to be seen was!). Photo opportunity - a floodlit Ponte Vecchio.
A tub of gelato from the Castellina five-ways ice cream shop - the best.
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Detail from Last Supper by Franciabigio
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Castellina is located near the "i" of "Chianti"
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