Place: Duomo of Florence
This place is huge! It's impossible to get a picture of all of it from any place in the square. You can get postcards of the entire thing but i have no idea how they took those pictures. I have a suspicion they were made in photoshop O.o If you like architecture this is the place to go. It's got wonderful detailing and different colours of stone from different areas. Most of it has been reconditioned, but you can really tell which side hasn't recieved any loving yet. You can climb the dome for 8 euros, but be warned, it's over 400 steps! There's also a long line to get to climb the dome. There's another line to get into the church, but it actually moves very quickly.
Interesting fact: when they were building the church they had another one inside it so that people could still get a good dose of religion.
Statue: Replica of the statue of david.
This replica isn't just a cheap copy. It's made from real stone, and it took some guy about two years to make it. It's also free to see. The real statue of david is in a museum. The museum not only costs money, but also has about a 2 hour wait to get in on a good day. Besides that, the only really interesting thing in there is the statue of david, so it's really not worth it. Take a minute to look at this one and move on to get some gelato and do some shopping!
Place: A very old bridge.
"Very old bridge" might not sound very exciting, but it kind of is. This bridge has been around for over 900 years. Think about that as opposed to how long Canada has been around... seems impressive now doesn't it? This bridge used to be the local market, but at the time it was the only way to cross the river, and the nobles didn't like the smell of butcher shops and such whenever they had to cross it, so they ordered it to be used only for jewelry shops. It's still that way today. You can find some very pretty, but very expensive jewelry here, but that's not why i like it. This bridge has a lot of history behind it, including the fact that it's the only bridge that wasn't destroyed during WWII!
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