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Gallery › Italy › Florence

  • First views of the Duomo
  • BIG bottles of wine
  • River Arno
  • Inside the Duomo
  • The dome of the Duomo. Constructed using methods based on the roman Pantheon
  • Palazzo Vecchio (one of the palaces the Medici resided in)
  • Entrance of Palazzo Vecchio. Replica of Michelangelo's David on the left.
  • Inside the palace. We didn't go further due to cost and hordes of school groups
  • The Uffizi gallery. Unfortunately the camera ran out of battery on our visit the day before so we didn't get any from within
  • Ponte Vecchio.
  • The shops on Ponte Vecchio, aka the Golden Bridge due to the type of shops
  • Leather markets
  • Piazza Republica
  • Bronze map of the city
  • Amazing chocolate shop with amazing prices to match
  • More pictures of the Duomo when the sun decided to come out
  • The bronze doors of the baptistry at the Duomo two of which were designed by Lorenzo Ghiberti who inspired Michelangelo. The originals are being restored elsewhere
  • Streets of Florence
  • Basilica of Santa Maria Novella
  • Optical illusion in the Galileo museum. See the lady in the mirror
  • Very old text with information in it
  • Very large instruments
  • Very large globe
  • Very large globe with Kayla
  • Some of the many highly detailed and ornate globes, although no Australia on any of them :(
  • Detailed star map
  • Map of the world from the perspective of Europe being the centre
  • Scientific instruments for measuring speed etc
  • Exploded view of Galileo's telescope
  • Compasses of all sorts
  • Another optical illusion
  • Lens grinding machine
  • An orrery
  • Machines for producing electricity, often for use as party tricks to educate (and get funding) from others
  • Early microscopes
  • Early periodic table
  • Early scales
  • Ponte Vecchio when the sun is out...
  • Arno river
  • Palazzo Pitti
  • Streets of Florence away from the crowds
  • The steps up to Piazza Michelangelo
  • View of the old fort and wall from Piazza Michelangelo
  • Views of Florence from Piazza Michelangelo
  • The Duomo
  • Palazzo Vecchio on the left and the Duomo on the right
  • The Arno river was quite high and flowing very hard. The city has been flooded many times.
© Glenn Beall 2012–2026.