Italy

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April 22, 2024
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Leaning Tower of Pisa
May 5, 2024 in Italy ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
I climbed up the tower and the tower looks and feels very unsafe. I read the tower was straighten by one degree, so it use to lean even more.
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Pisa Tower Area
May 6, 2024 in Italy ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
These are items and buildings next to the leaning tower. It is a church complex and the tower is the bell tower.
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Pisa City
May 6, 2024 in Italy ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
These are pictures of things in the city of Pisa.
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Michelangelo's David Statue
May 19, 2024 in Italy ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
Even I could tell the David statue is a master piece. For some reason the real one looks better then the copies. Based on the unfinished statues Michelangelo was working on when he passed away, his sculpturing process seems different then most artist.Read more
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Bargello National Museum
May 19, 2024 in Italy ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
Art museum with Renaissance sculptures
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Uffizi Gallery
May 19, 2024 in Italy ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
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Pitti Palace
May 19, 2024 in Italy ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
Gallery complex in Renaissance royal palace housing vast Italian & European masters art collection. I really like this museum.
TravelerThis is taking me back to our trip to Italy. Thank you for posting.
5/19/24Reply
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Florence
May 19, 2024 in Italy ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
Pictures I took of sites around Florence.
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Basilica of Santa Croce in Florence
May 19, 2024 in Italy ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
On the last picture you can see that all the buildings are built with stone or bricks and then a nice marble facade is added.
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Stibbert Museum
May 19, 2024 in Italy ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C
This is Stibbert private collection of medial armor. He spent 20 to 30 years of his life collecting the items. He inherited his fortune from the East Indies Trading Company.
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Stibbert Museum part II
May 19, 2024 in Italy ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C
These are some pictures of the living space in Stibbert Museum. The museum was the house he lived in until he passed away. The last two pictures are a ceremonial robe Neapolitan wore.
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Florence Scenic Spot
May 19, 2024 in Italy ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C
These pictures where taken at a scenic spot that over looks Florence. The last picture shows the original city wall that went around Florence.
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Castello di Miramare
May 24, 2024 in Italy ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
Built by an Austria noble man in 1856 who became emperor of Mexico two years before it was finished and he was executed in Mexico about the time construction was finished. It feels like it was dangerous to be rich in the olden days. The castle was also used as a US Army headquarters during World War II.
I have often fantasized about buying a house with an amazing yard or building my own amazing yard. I now realized I just need to live next to a house with an amazing yard that has no entrance fee.Read more
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Trieste
May 24, 2024 in Italy ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
Trieste is a cleaner, newer and cheaper city then Venice, Florence, or Rome.
One of the super yachts owned by a Russian oilagrat that was ceased by the Italian authorities is anchored just off the shore of Trieste.Read more
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St. Mark's Basilica
May 25, 2024 in Italy ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
The last picture shows you how they built the church. Looks like a lot of work.
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Canals of Venice
May 25, 2024 in Italy ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C
TravelerThe water was more clear when we were there in 2021 and there were fewer people.
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Venice
May 25, 2024 in Italy ⋅ 🌩️ 21 °C
The third to last picture is a repair shop for the gondolas. You have to have a license to repair and make gondolas.
The second to last picture is a working hospital that use to be a religious building.
The last picture is an ambulance and there is a canal that goes inside the hospital for the ambulance boat.Read more
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Basilica dei Santi Giovanni e Paolo
May 25, 2024 in Italy ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C
This church spent all their money on the inside instead of the outside for some reason.
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Basilica dei Santi Giovanni e Paolo 2
May 25, 2024 in Italy ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C
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Monfalcone
May 25, 2024 in Italy ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
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I walk ten miles round trip to get this picture. There is a large ship building yard here and it seems like all the workers are from Turkey. The last two pictures are the parking lot for the ship yard with no cars and a sea of bikes.Read more
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Grotta Gigante
June 2, 2024 in Italy ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
This is one of the largest underground caves in the world. There was an underground river that a second above ground river flowed into it, forming a underground waterfall that carved out the large cave 2 million years ago.
Inside the cave are two very long wires connected to some instruments that allow geologist to make very accurate measurement of the cave. The setup can measure the change in the cave size from the moon's orbit around the Earth and the movement of the African tectonic plate.Read more
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Royal Palace of Caserta Backyard
June 23, 2024 in Italy ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
The Royal Palace of Caserta is a former royal residence in Caserta, Italy built in 1750. The gardens are so big there is a bus you can take from one end to the other. The second to last picture is a tree house built for the prince so he could play make believe castle battles. The last picture is the front yard.Read more
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The Royal Palace of Caserta
June 23, 2024 in Italy ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
The Palace was massive and way over the top
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The Royal Palace of Caserta Ceilings
June 23, 2024 in Italy ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C
These are pictures of some of the ceilings in the palace.
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Pompeii Mural Paintings
June 26, 2024 in Italy ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
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