Today we arrived in the fabled city of Florence Italy, the
Athens of Italy and the epicenter of the Renaissance. The city is teeming with
priceless masterpieces from the likes of Giotto, Michelangelo, Rafael, Titian,
Da Vinci and so many more.
We began our stay by touring the Medici’s Academia a gallery
which houses Michelangelo’s statue of David, perhaps the most quintessential work of the Renaissance.
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| Brunelleschi's Duomo |
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| Dinner in Florence |
The next day the AMBEXers made a more thorough acquaintance
with the city visiting the Uffizi art gallery (containing works from Da Vinci,
Michelangelo, Rafael, Durer, Cranach,) Brunelleschi’s Duomo, and neighboring
Baptistery, the Monastery and Cathedral of St. Croce` where entombed are some
of the world’s, and certainly Italy’s, most remarkable individuals; Galileo,
Michelangelo, Machiavelli and Da Vinci among many others.
Also at St. Croce` is a room said to have the most perfect
acoustics in the world—and so we sang!
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| Ponte Vecchio |
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