Uffizi Gallery

To show the grand building and the sheer amount of people waiting to get in

The first upstairs corridor with elaborate ceilings.

Each section painted by different artists 

"Grotesque" motifs

1580

This is the famous Ponte Vecchio covered bridge which crosses the 

Arno River in Florence

The bridge to believed to have been built first in Roman times.

in the year 996. 

Original bridge was destroyed in a flood in 1117, re built and destroyed again in 1333

Re built in 1345

Consists of three segmental arches

During the Second World War, the Ponte Vecchio was not destroyed by the Germans as it was 

considered to great of importance by Adolph Hitler

From the second story of the gallery

Showing all the other bridges that were destroyed

in the war and had to be re built along with most of the city

This is a panoramic view of the Arno River

Medici Lion

1576

The kidnapping of the Sabine Women

1574-1582

Three full figures carved from a single piece of marble

Perseus with the head of Medusa

Bronze sculpture

1545-1554

(Copy) of Michelangelo's marble statue

DAVID 

1501-1504

Stood at the entrance to town hall from 1504 to 1873 when it was moved to the Accademia Gallery

Original statue is 17 feet tall 

Walking from the Duomo of Florence to the Uffizi Gallery

We passed the Town Hall on the Piazza della Signoria (Public Square)

& 

many statues

Fountain of Neptune

completed in 1565

The statue on display here is a copy created in the 1800's

when the original was moved to the National museum

Hercules and Cacus

By Baccio Bandinelli

(1525-1534)

Hopefully this photo gives you the sense of the 

shear number of tourists all hoping to take "that perfect picture"

The doors of the Baptistery

'Eastern' Bronze doors

Carved 1330

Depicting scenes from St. John's life

Every surface is covered with carvings topped by

a intricate mosaic

The two main architects of the Duomo

Although he didn't live to see his dome completed

 his likeness now gazes up at it

Cathedral of St. Mary of the Flower
Or in Italian
Santa Maria del Fiore

Gothic style

Built 1296 - 1436

The exterior is comprised of Polychrome marble panels in various shades 

of Green and Pink bordered with White

153 metres in length

90 metres wide

Famous for it's Red Dome

The largest brick dome in the world
Height 114.5 metres or 375.7 feet

Designed by Filippo Brunelleschi

(1377 - 1446)

Who is considered to be a founding father

 of Renaissance architecture

Cathedral & Bell Tower
Built over top the remains of the 7th century
 Church of Santa Reparata