Friday, March 11, 2011

this week

Remains of Roman and Etruscan ruins found on hillside in Fiesole in 19th century

amphitheater at Fiesole

Piazza Santa Croce last weekend.  The flags have the ancient Florentine lily emblem: red and white for the Guelphs (papal allies) and the Ghibellines (Holy Roman Empire allies)


Piazza Santa Croce last weekend


Santa Maria Novella

Chapel in Santissima Annunciata.

olive pitter--something you can not live without here, an absolute necessity!
Murals in grisaille (monochrome tones of gray) on the Cloister della Scalzo done by Andrea del Sarto (son of a sarto (tailor))  These look like they are 3D

Inside Santa Maria del Carmine
View of Fiesole

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