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Buon Giorno! Welcome to the Summer 2000 Italy vacation page. The land of pizza, 8:30 PM dinner, red wine, gelato, olive oil, and espresso. |
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| Michelangelo Square overlooking Florence and its famous Duomo or cathedral |
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Leaning tower of Pisa |
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Piazza Del Campo in the medieval town of Siena (40 miles south of Florence in Tuscany. This is the "must see" town in Tuscany. Don't forget to try the famous Panforte (try the chocolate variety, "al cioccolato"). |
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Scene in Venice |
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Grand Canal of Venice |
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Inside the Roman Coliseum |
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St. Peter's at the Vatican |
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Rainbow in Tuscany outside the town of Montalcino |
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| Original sixth century mosaic in the cathedral of San Vitale in Ravenna, Italy. The figure in the middle is the Eastern Roman Emperor Justinian, who had then just reconquered Italy from the Barbarians. (Ravenna was the capital of the Western Roman empire when the Western Empire fell in 476 A.D) |
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The front of the cathedral of Siena, the "must see" town of Tuscany. |
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Original sixth century mosaic above the main alter in the cathedral of San Vitale in Ravenna, Italy. This is of early Byzantine style; Christ is depicted in the center (without beard). |
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| This is the Baptistry, Duomo (cathedral), and Bell Tower (the leaning tower, of course) in Pisa. |
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Michelangelo's famous David in the Academy of Fine Arts in Florence. This museum no longer allows photograghs to be taken (this one is taken legally!) |
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| Street sign advertisements in Italy are a bit different than in the U.S. This one was in Parma. |
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