Friday, 23 October 2009

La Cúpula de Santa Maria del Fiore

El miércoles fuimos a Florencia. En Florencia vimos muchas cosas muy bonitas, pero mi favorita era la cúpula de Santa Maria del Fiore. La cúpula de Santa Maria del Fiore la diseñó Brunelleschi entre los años 1420 y 1436.



















El interior es un fresco gigante del Juicio Final.

















Para ver lo de cerca hay que subir la cúpula. Para llegar arriba hay que subir muchas escaleras dentro de la cúpula.

Monday, 12 October 2009

Pisa

I went to Pisa on Sunday. My favourite building was the Baptistery because it was covered in heads. These are the heads on the Baptistery.









This is the whole Baptistery.





















This is the Duomo (cathedral in Italian).















And finally here is the famous Leaning Tower of Pisa.

Friday, 9 October 2009

Facades in Lucca

Facades are fascinating, especially on churches. They always catch your attention. This is San Michele. There are thousands of columns, all made of white, green and pink marble.
















This is Saint Michael killing a serpent.



















This is one of the columns.





















This is a frieze on top of the door to San Michele. On it there is a dragon, a centaur and a two-tailed merman.
















This is San Frediano. The mosaic is of Jesus Christ.



















This is another little church which I don't know the name of.




Monday, 5 October 2009

The secret path

I am in Bagni in Lucca in Tuscany in Italy. We're here for two months and a half. I wanted to go exploring with my dad in the garden of Villa Fiori.

















So me and my dad went to the garden of Villa Fiori and we found a big gap in the trees and we went through the gap and we found a path next to the river.

















Along the path there was a little old house.


















Inside the little old house there were a few electric wires. You could also go into the bottom of a little tower and then you would need to go up on to the pavement and go home.