My way or the highway

Florence...the city of art, architecture and love...   Florence, 2016 Wait,wait haven't I wrote that about Venice?  Yes, I have and I must admit that this description suits well both places. Florence, just like Venice, is full of remarkable works of art and architecture. The wealth of former republics, have created the great environment to built this beautiful, powerful and influential cities. And nowadays both Venice and Florence are filled with this atmosphere of excitement and mistery, that derives from the good (for some), old days. But when making such a comparison similarity of a rather different nature occurs to me. It seems that Florence is turning into the city-museum, a sort of a ghost town, that's alive mainly thanks to the countless tourists that are wandering tirelessly the narrow old streets. Just like Venice, the city center is being abandoned by the original residents, the Florentines, who choose to live outside the city. The reasons are ...

I know, it has been a long time since my last post, but I am back, so relax and enjoy ;) Santa Maria del Fiore, Florence 2016 Ok, the title of this post is not suppose to insult anyone. It's just inspired by a facebook fanpage that collects the pictures of churches that somehow reminds not very noble animal: a hen. You can see it here I must say, sacral architecture is my thing - I like to discover temples and feel the unique atmosphere each of them have. The thing is that for me modern churches do n't look good. It's almost hard for me to believe that in the old times, with less know-how people were able to build temples of great beauty and now...  Long story short, the church I would like to tell you about is anythings like that. Santa Maria del Fioreis is in fact one of the most outstanding examples of sacral beauty.  Facade of the Duomo di Firenze   The basilica Santa Maria del Fiore known also as Il Duomo del Firenze is fam...