Il Duomo Cathedral Santa Maria del Fiore

Richard n Sheila TravelsIl Duomo...features in The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown. Pretty much every person in the pic is a tourist. All that white and green and reddish colour is pure marble. Diff colours from diff locations. The entire building is finished in marble and you get an idea of the scale looking at those people. The third largest Cathedral in the world I believe our guide said.

Richard n Sheila TravelsThe Baptistry out front of the Cathedral. Again, all marble finish. In early times, only those baptised here could enter the church. Many tourists, thank goodness tourism is so depressed here right now!

Richard n Sheila TravelsFront of the Cathedral. Look at the detail...above the doorways, those big circular windows, the figures in the alcoves, it just goes on and on.