Pisa and Florence, 1980

Also in 1980: Events, Visits, Sailing and Walking in Dartmouth, Skiing in Tignes, Pisa & Florence, Sailing to Brittany


Pisa
April 1980

Piazza del Cavaliere

The Conference Venue
Coffee served with white gloves on the balcony

A "cubic" conference room

The Baptistry

The Duomo


Sata Maria della Spina

The leaning tower


Uncomfortable


Florence
April 1980

From the South

from the Duomo

Basilica Santa Maria Novella ...

... facade: Alberti


Cosimo de' Medici

The Vasari Corridor and the Ponte Vecchio

Ponte Vecchio

Ponte Santa Trinita

Basilica San Lorenzo

Basilica San Marco

Fra Angelico
San Marco

Ospedale degli Innocenti


Cloister of St Maria Novella

The Duomo



from the tower

The Baptistry

Panel from the Baptistry Door


The Giotto Tower


St Elgius

Michelangelo Statues
The Medici Chapel



The Bronze Doors in San Lorenzo


Palazzo Vecchio

Verrocchio: Putto with Dolphin

Salone dei Cinqucento
Vasari Frescoes




Michelangelo: Bacchus


Michelangelo: Mother and Child

Donatello: St George

Settignano
San Lorenzo

Mino da Fiesole: Piero de'Medici

Verrochio: David

Donatello: David

Cellini: Perseus

Pontormo

della Robbia ?

Cellini: Cosimo d' Medici

Bargello Museum

Basilica di Santa Croce

San Miniato al Monte





Medallions by Luca della Robbia

Pavement, 1207


In the Belvedere

The Borboli Gardens
View of Florence





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