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Below: Donatello’s masterpiece: the Cavalcanti Annunciation

Below: Canova’s tomb for Alfieri

Below: Dante’s cenotaph:

Below: the tomb of Michelangelo designed by Giorgio Vasari

The next set of pictures were taken inside the chapel, which was completely used to host the Dante multi-media show.

By Giotto

In April, in Saint Germaine, on the Left Bank.

Florence has beautiful outdoor spaces and it uses them well. This historic piazza is used to host the annual Christmas markets, the calico storico games every spring, and, on the weekend the still photos below were taken, it was about to host a visit of Pope Francis.

The date was Feb. 26, 2022 but the Pope canceled the day before because of knee issues.

Regardless of the visit of Pope Francis or not, the piazza is worth a long gaze:

Taddeo Gaddi made them between 1328 and 1338

Cimabue’s Crucifixion:

The Pinacoteca: