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Advantages: Your Florence experiance will be complete by seeing this attraction. Disadvantages: NONE
, for the bell tower and the Dome, with the Catherdral it self being Free entry , if you were to do all of the sites i could would probably be no more than 25 euros. I think most parts are open daily 8:30-7:30 apart from sundays wich they are closed.
My verdict -
I went to florence for a weekend break last summer and seen most of the major attractions but by far "ilduomo" was the most breath taking and amazing site i saw. It was funny because florence is so built up you can walk around the corner and it can become out of site , as we were following directions to the duomo. You can hardley see it intill it is right in front of you. Which i think made the impact even bigger. The beauty of the Duomo and sheer size almost brought a tear to my eye. It captures your mind as you slowly walk around it in awe. Definiately a must see for anyone going to ...
Advantages: Beautiful, Unique and great value for money Disadvantages: None, in my view, the prettiest place in the world!
Memories of Sicily
The island of Sicily lies off the south coast of Italy in the Mediterranean sea.
It is famous for its vast coastline, historic landmarks and for homing the biggest volcano in Europe. This was my third visit to Sicily and we were staying in the small coastal town of Taormina.
I sat, my head buried in my English book, writing a piece of coursework on 'An Inspector Calls'. I gazed up and cast my eyes over the rails that circled my balcony. I dropped my pen on the table. It slowly rolled off and cluttered through a small gap in the floor of the balcony. The view I was confronted with was staggering. My eyes weaved through the tangled city of chimneys. Their weathered terracotta tops balancing precariously on the tips of the hand made towers. Chimneys tangled up with archways of stone and exotic roof top ...
Jackasssurfing 28.05.2006
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of Taormina, Sicily
Advantages: The world famous Duomo -must go Disadvantages: No
The must-go place in Florence is the Duomo which seats right in the centre of the city. It forms the city's skyline and it's also the symbol of the city. . The legendary duomo is famous for its dome: Brunelleschi's Renaissance masterpiece, completed in 1436, created a double dome shell so that the dome is entirely self-supporting. The frescoes inside the dome depict the Last Judgement. and it's one of the most fantastic religious painting I've ever seen. Personally I've been a a lot of churches in Europe but the painting inside this church is definitely my favourite.
Next to the Duomo is the Baptistery, one of the oldest architectural monuments of the city, which is also famous for its
"Gates of Paradise", made of gold. ...
