Florence in January

Annamaria on Monday

It's January 20, 2025.

I know.  But I am not watching, and I hope you, too, are focusing on staying sane.  Here are some distractions.

An exhibition of photographs of Florence, made by a photography studio during the century between 1924 and 2024.  Here are the highlights.    

The venue is a newly restored palazzo, now the

headquarters of the region of Tuscany, a 

treasure in itself,

Florence during the flood of 1966. The little square

Windows that you see just above the water are at

the top of the second floor.

What is that?  A bird? 

A woman diving into the Arno.

(Not during the flood, though.)

The street in front of my apartment building as it looked

after the Nazis bombed it on their way out. 

Some of the attraction was the view out the windows.

Do you recognize her?

On the way to an exhibit in the Palazzo Vecchio

The subject of the exhibition. Do 

you recognize him?

A plaster cast of the head of David. Something I 

always wanted to see close up.  These photos emphasize 

how, as one looks at his expression from different

angles, you see all the emotions of the boy about

to do battle with a giant!

These two are for Stan, to show him

that I too am spotting animals.

TOMBS IN SANTA CROCE:

Gallileo

Victorio Alfieri

Rossini

  

Machiavelli