18. Florence: The "cradle of renaissance" Florence is little more than 3 hours by bus from Padua, where I halted my last night after visiting the floating city of Venice. While in Florence, since I had only a half day, I make a random stroll through the city doing sightseeing. With limited time in hand, the best one can do is climb up to the Piazzale Michelangelo square and have a sizzling panoramic view of the city of Florence with its river Argo calmly flowing by its side. In the evening, since it is summer, days are long so its always fun to walk the streets, buy a beer and sit beneath the shades of the tall cathedral.
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| View of Florence from Piazzale Michelangelo |
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| Florence and River Arno |
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| Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore |
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| Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore |
19. Pisa: The next day I moved to Pisa only to have a glimpse of the leaning tower of Pisa. Once recorded as one of the seven wonders of world, every body know that the tower of Pisa leans but only by visiting the site does one realize how breathtaking the tall leaning tower is like. There are two beautiful churches near by it so for people having deep faith in churches, there is more than leaning tower at Pisa.
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| Leaning tower with two nearby churches |
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| 57 m Tower leans with 3.99 degree |
20: Rome: I should have returned from Venice rather than spending more money in travelling to other cities of Italy. But the famous quotes like "Rome was not Built in a day" and "While in Rome, do as Romans do" and vague histories that I heard of the great Roman empire tempted me to travel further south. Rome, the capital city of Rome has nearly 3000 years history of globally influential arts, architecture and cultural display. I just had a one single day in Rome so I made a point to visit all the points of interests in Rome. But this time, I had keen interest in the ancient ruins of the Roman Empire so made a paid visit to the Roman Forum, and the great Roman Colosseum. Vatican city, the headquarters of Roman catholic church and the smallest country of the world lies within the Rome.
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| Colosseum side view |
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| The great Colosseum of Rome |
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| Ancient Rome in Ruins and Present Rome City |
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| Rome as seen from Roman Empire |
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| Ruins of the Empire |
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| Inside Colosseum |
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| Near the Spanish Steps |
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| Vatican City Church. |
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