- Florence
We got out a little late and went to the Museo del Bigallo across from the Duomo. This was originally an orphanage; women could leave babies outside - if they came back within a week, they could take their baby back, otherwise it was put up for adoption.
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Ticket for Museo del Bigallo |
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The facade of Museo del Bigallo - the arched area is where babies were left |
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An old fresco |
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A detail of the fresco - the oldest known map of Florence; note there's no Duomo |
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A ceramic face |
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"Tobia e Tobiolo sotterano un morto davanti al Bigallo" by Ghirlandaio |
Then we walked past the Duomo and got a cheap, quick lunch at a cafe. The girls were traveling from South Carolina sitting at the table next to us - we talked for a while, and they took our picture.
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Aviva and I at lunch |
Aviva didn't feel well after lunch, so she sat down for a bit while I went to the Museo del Duomo (she went the last two times she was in Florence).
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The ticket for the Museo del Duomo |
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The room with the panels from the Bapistry doors by Ghiberti
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Pieta by Michelanglo |
Magdelena by Donatello |
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Abraham sacrificing Isaac |
Wood model of the top fo the Duomo dome |
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Eve from Adam
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Bruneleschi's death mask
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A tryptich |
A woman's bust |
Aviva felt better with some water, so we walked down to the Uffici - we had 2PM tickets. As usual, it was really cool - hey, who can complain about a museum with a whole room of Botticellis? We had a snack at the rooftop cafe - as you can see, someone else had a snack too.
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Ticket for the Uffici |
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First corridor of the Uffici - note the grotesques |
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"Liberation of Andromeda" by Piero di Cosimo |
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"Madonna and Child and Two Angels" by Filippo Lippi |
"Maesta" by Cimabue |
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"Self Portrait" by Raffaelo Sanzio |
"Two Women Bathing" by Scuola di Fontainebleau |
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"Annunciation and Two Saints" by Simone Martini and Lippo Memmi |
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Another fountain of Morgante the dwarf |
"Adam and Eve" by Lukas Cranach |
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A bird eating from Aviva's plate while I took this picture |
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We went back to the room to repack - tomorrow we train to Rome. We had dinner at Restaurante Pouli near the hotel - it was very good.
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Where we had dinner - a former church with frescoes from the 1800s |