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From our flat at Piazza San Marco there is only a few minutes walk to the next piazza, Santissima Annunziata.
One of my favourite piazzas in Florence.
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This place is so much.
It is the beginning of the Renaissance with Brunelleschi’s fine arches at the Ospedale degli Innocenti.
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It is the basilica from 1250 with an interior out of this world… I will come back to that in another post.
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It is the two extremely odd mannerist fountains, god knows what they are about…
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At least you’d better not drink from them…
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It is the bloke on his horse who has a great view of the Duomo through via dei Servi.
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It is beautiful golden late afternoon sunlight. OK, so the guy on the horse is Ferdinando I de’ Medici.
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It is a large, symmetrical and beautiful square, full of life and constantly changing.
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See what I mean?
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FLORENSICS 