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Climbing the (Medieval) walls in Florence
Last Saturday, October 27, 2018, I had the chance to join some urban trekkers and climb the Medieval walls in the Oltrarno. We had as our goal, the Porta Romana, one of the remaining Medieval gates to the city. When people wanted to go to Rome from Florence centuries ago, they left Firenze by this gate.
It must have been a welcoming site when returning to fair Firenze. La Porta Romana told you you were home.
The picture above shows the Porta Romana from outside the walls, looking into the city. Our goal was to climb into the gate and see the room inside the very top of this picture.
First things first: we climbed up a metal stairway about 500 yards away from the gate and walked along the top of the walls.
Florence in the 1930s
Piazza del Duomo e via Martelli negli anni 30, il tram 8 che andava a Campo di Marte. Piazza del Duomo and via Martelli in the 1930s. The tram #8 was going to Campo di Marte.
Festa dell’Uva, grande corteo da via Cavour nel 1938. Grape festival, great procession on Via Cavour in 1938.
Le pecore fiorentine e aldilà d’Arno la Biblioteca Nazionale inaugurata nel 1935. Bella immagine di un mondo scomparso.
Florentine sheep with the facade of the National Library in background. The library was opened in 1935. A beautiful image of a lost world.
Nothing, and I do mean nothing, will stop the intrepid Asian tourist from designer shopping in Italy
(Photo by Claudia Manzo on Facebook)
Yesterday in Italy
This was the view from my terrazzo yesterday afternoon:
And here was how Venice looked yesterday:
I found the following pictures of Venice yesterday on the Facebook page of Claudia Manzo. Great pictures!
Gym and tonic
I love you, Florence and all of your creative residents!
More bad climate news for Italy
Make peace or die: street art in Florence
A new angle on an old Duomo
Strolling along the Lungarno in the Oltrarno today, I noticed Giotto’s campanile and Brunelleschi’s dome from a completely new angle. The clouds and unsettled sky-scape only added to the drama (apparently a cold front is making its way into Tuscany this weekend, putting an end to our beautiful Indian summer. It was 70 degrees today and many Italians were dressed in hats, scarves, and puffy coats to chase away the chills. I was in short sleeves and was still too warm :-)).
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