Florence is such a marvelous, and sometimes almost magical city that is so rich & dense with history, culture & beauty (on basically every level and form)! I will always cherish my memories of the time I was privileged to live there! This Baptistry features an exceptionally extended & clear reverberation allowing one to, in effect, harmonize with oneself easily creating triads. And the doors feature wonderful, famous bronze reliefs. And the duomo next door is absolutely spectacular and almost overwhelming in so many ways! But honestly... The view from the top of Giotto's bell tower beside the cathedral steals the cake on a clear day! You can see the entire city and into the rolling fertile hills of the Tuscan landscape with the Alpenine mountains on the northern horizon.

@DavidMcCoul

20 күн бұрын

It was my favorite Italian city! Is see why Leonardo da Vinci wanted to stay there as long as possible!

I would cry if I saw this in person. Just imagine seeing something as old and beautiful as this is?

@b.sylphaen

26 күн бұрын

I was there two weeks ago, I can confirm there were tears. The entire city makes me cry every time I visit and every time I have to leave it.

Questa è l'Italia che amo !!!! Lavoro, bellezza, cultura.

Firenze! It was the best place I've been in Italy. Love Italians and their magnificient cultural deeds from South Korea 🇰🇷♥🇮🇹

@aati6442

25 күн бұрын

but after Venezia

I was there two weeks ago, I did the restoration tour that allowed me to see the work up close. I was the only one in the tour that day, so I'm letting everyone know that it is available and worth it!

What an incredible restoration!

Fantastico! Grazie da Texas! Una storia di grande importanza!

Great restoration job.

@pranititiwari6525

Ай бұрын

🙏🙏

I am from Florence . Thank you for making known the extraordinary science and craftsmanship of the people preserving our treasures 🙏

The architect is right. Art belongs to everyone. We made it to please God, but it belongs to all mankind. Everyone should have the chance to see and enjoy this art.

Thanks for sharing this story I would never heard of.

An absolute marvel of humanity

Oh my god, that's the church from assassin's Creed 2! 😅 That church is indeed a masterpiece, a museum by it self. Well done Italian people for saving this.

To be noted the relevance of entities like "Friends of Florence", a US non-profit organization which not only supports the Galleria degli Uffizi but other arts interventions as well. Treasures like the Battistero are world heritage which should be preserved at their best for everybody. The cost of preservation is sometimes prohibitive and often not understood by most. Any support is crucial.

I would cry if I saw this in person. Just imagine seeing something as old and beautiful as this is? 😮❤

@KaterinaFerrara

Ай бұрын

Anch’io. Me too! It’s magnificent

@Mr.Santoyo

28 күн бұрын

You stole this comment from the fourth person above you. In the comment section.

Great work

I've been there & I've seen many historical & beautiful buildings, artworks, etc... Everywhere I've been & seen sites like these I also notice the reality around these sites and how people have become numb, indifferent & accepted it as the norm. I was Greece last summer & I was in awe of the historical sites, but disheartened by the abject disenfranchisement & desperation of the people. There is going to be a breaking point that will spread across the globe, which doesn't have to happen.

It's such a complex project to just *restore* this in the modern day, it's mind-blowing that it was built almost a thousand years ago.

Dante knew these mosaics of heaven and hell when he wrote his Divine Comedy.

@judyshoaf448

9 күн бұрын

...and he personally broke part of the baptismal font to save a drowning child!

Amen. Glory to lord God.Christ.

@Theonetruegod-hw2ei

Ай бұрын

Begone Demon!

@KaterinaFerrara

Ай бұрын

Italy has such a patrimony that shows the love for the church and our history.

@Theonetruegod-hw2ei

Ай бұрын

@@KaterinaFerrara your Christian history is nothing to be proud of

I climbed 460 steps and fortunate look at paintings closely

❤😊

Wow, everyone's English is getting so much better.

SIX YEARS

What are they going to cover up?

@luciatheron1621

Ай бұрын

It's open to the public, go look.

your guide was Beatrice? How appropriate

Praise the Lord

China would have done it in 6 months for 1/100th the cost.

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Explore Golgumbaz Deccan india 🇮🇳

@nembokid19

27 күн бұрын

Yes to take a food poisoning

Oh, that is rich. Someone with a Russian accent doing a Boston and a Long Island accent. Hilarious.

Use the money for the poor !

@kevinShau2023

Ай бұрын

Not mutually exclusive - money can be spent on helping the poor and preserving priceless treasures.

@Marco_franceschini

Ай бұрын

Are you Italian? why do you care?

@stenos24

27 күн бұрын

Chiedi al tuo governo perche’ spende miliardi di dollari in armi. Quanti ne avete mandate in Ucraina o Israele. Quanti poveri sfamavi?

@allensaunders449

26 күн бұрын

You can say that about everything and nothing would ever get built or fixed. Apples and oranges. Yes poor need alot more but not instead of this. In addition

so what its an old building?? try and make a new building lmao

Stop wasting money on this crap

@kattengat2

Ай бұрын

You probably think we should spend it on transgender studies.

@paolocassina6031

Ай бұрын

Stupidity and ignorance

@Theonetruegod-hw2ei

Ай бұрын

@@paolocassina6031 reality. Christian’s were never the good ones.

@bluesman1947

Ай бұрын

The crap is in your mind

@Theonetruegod-hw2ei

Ай бұрын

@@bluesman1947 lol, says the evil christian.