The National Museum "Il Bargello", Via del Proconsolo, 4 Hours: Daily from 8:15am to 1:50pm. Cost: Euro 4.00.
The original home of Bargello, or head of police spies, where Masterpieces of Brunelleschi, Michelangelo, Cellini, Donatello are presented, along with priceless ivory, enamel, jewelry, tapestries and weapons.
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Michelangelo Square
The Piazzale Michelangelo offers a magnificent panorama view of Florence. This bustling square, a fashionable meeting place for the 19th century upper middle classes, is still evocative and memorable, especially when the sun sets over the river. In the center of the square is a copy of Michelangelo’s statue of David, in bronze. The [...]

"U na insalata mista!" laughed Christina, our instructor, after we announced our names, countries of origin, and occupations in fragmented Italian. From Sweden and Singapore and seven countries in-between, we had gathered in Siena to study Italian at the Centro Internazionale Dante Alighiere, the school’s very name promising a rigorous approach to the study of [...]

"My room at the inn looked out on the river and was flooded all day with sunshine. There was an absurd orange-colored paper on the walls; the Arno, of a hue not altogether different, flowed beneath. All this brightness and yellowness was a perpetual delight; it was part of that indefinably charming color which Florence [...]