Day Fifteen: San Lorenzo, Palazzo Medici & Santa Croce

The Laurentian Library Vestibule by Michelangelo 

A View of the Laurentian Library

A Copy of Homer's Works in the Medici Collections

Michelangelo's Staircase, Laurentian Library

The Courtyard of the Palazzo Medici

The Palazzo Medici

The Bardi Chapel at Santa Croce

Giotto's Mourning of Saint Francis, Bardi Chapel

The Pazzi Chapel by Brunelleschi (Santa Croce)

The Facade of Santa Croce

Snooki!

In Fun Fur!!

Day Thirteen: Siena

View From the Wall of Monteriggioni, near Siena 

Our Group in Monteriggioni

Monteriggioni

Campanile

Pecorino Cheese in Siena

Flags Along the Streets of Siena

Spectacular Shoes!

Our Group in Front of the Palazzo Pubblico

Textures on a Door

Niccolo, Our Waiter at Lunch...

... Who is Also a Rider in the Famous Palio!

The Palazzo Pubblico

A View from the Torre del Mangia

The Magnificent Duomo

The Piazza del Campo from Above

At the Top of the Torre del Mangia!

A View of Siena

Nicola Pisano's Pulpit at the Duomo, Siena

The Facade of the Duomo

The Piccolomini Library at the Duomo, Siena

A Detail of Pinturicchio's Fresco Painting at the Piccolomini Library

Donatello's Head of John the Baptist Brought Before Herod at the Baptistery

Ristorante San Desiderio

A Group Dinner to Round Out a Great Day!

Day Twelve: Bargello & Santa Felicita

Pontormo's Paintings at the Capponi Chapel, Santa Felicita

The Deposition by Pontormo

Santa Felicita (near the Ponte Vecchio and Palazzo Pitti)

Day Eleven: Uffizi & Accademia

A View from the Roof of the Uffizi Loggia

Festa della Repubblica

San Miniato al Monte from the Uffizi Gallery

The Arno and Ponte Vecchio

The Uffizi Gallery

Paper, Journals and Writing Supplies near the Palazzo Pitti

Florentine Paper and Cards

Day Ten: Palazzo Pitti, Santa Maria Novella & Brancacci Chapel

The Cloister at Santa Maria Novella

The Palazzo Pitti

Courtyard of the Palazzo Pitti

A View of the Boboli Gardens

Masaccio's Tribute Money at the Brancacci Chapel in Santa Maria del Carmine