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Sunday, March 9th, 2008 Posted in Siena | No Comments »
Siena's train station is 2km northeast of town, down in the valley. It has a counter selling city bus tickets (Mon-Sat 5.50am-7.30pm; L1400/¬0.72). To get ... Read more..Practicalities
Sunday, February 10th, 2008 Posted in Livorno | No Comments »
The train station is 2km east of the centre; take city bus #1 or #2 to Piazza Grande. ATL ... Read more..San Miniato Al Monte
Friday, February 8th, 2008 Posted in Florence - Firenze | No Comments »
The brilliant, multicoloured facade of San Miniato al Monte on a steep hillside in the Oltrarno lures troops of visitors up from the south bank ... Read more..Cappella Brancacci
Friday, February 8th, 2008 Posted in Florence - Firenze | No Comments »
In 1771 fire wrecked the Carmelite convent and church of Santa Maria del Carmine some 300m west of Santo ... Read more..Palazzo Vecchio
Friday, February 8th, 2008 Posted in Florence - Firenze | No Comments »
Florence's fortress-like town hall, looming above the square as an icon of the city's power and authority, is the Palazzo Vecchio (mid-June to mid-Sept: Mon & Fri 9am-11pm, Tues, Wed ... Read more..Piazza Del Duomo
Friday, February 8th, 2008 Posted in Florence - Firenze | No Comments »
Traffic and people gravitate towards the square at the heart of Florence, Piazza del Duomo , beckoned by the pinnacle of Brunelleschi's extraordinary dome, which ... Read more..Orsanmichele And The Badìa
Friday, February 8th, 2008 Posted in Florence - Firenze | No Comments »
The main route south from Piazza del Duomo is the arrow-straight Via dei Calzaiuoli , Florence's main street today as in Roman times - a ... Read more..Museo Di San Marco
Friday, February 8th, 2008 Posted in Florence - Firenze | No Comments »
Just north of the Accademia is the lively Piazza San Marco , a meeting-place for Florence's many art students. One side of the square is ... Read more..Northern City Centre
Friday, February 8th, 2008 Posted in Florence - Firenze | No Comments »
The busy quarter north of the duomo and east of the train station is packed with shops and commerce. Focus of the area is Florence's main food market, the vast ... Read more..Santa Croce
Friday, February 8th, 2008 Posted in Florence - Firenze | No Comments »
Florence's two most lavish churches after the duomo were the headquarters of the two preaching orders; the Dominicans occupied Santa Maria Novella, while the Franciscans were based at the giant ... Read more..