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The creation of the sun, moon and vegetation

The Creation of the stars and plants is a fresco (280×570 cm) by Michelangelo Buonarroti, dating from about 1511 to 1512 and part of the decoration of the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican Museums in Rome, commissioned by Pope Julius II.

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The Bull on the Cathedral

The head of a bull is embedded in the side of the Read more [...]

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David, the Republican

The immense line in front of the Accademia rarely ebbs, Read more [...]

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Piazza della Repubblica (Republic Square)

Piazza della Repubblica has (almost) always been the Read more [...]

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The Weather Lion

Weather prediction has always been a problem. But many Read more [...]

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The Hole in the Cupola of the Cathedral

The XV century’s mathematician and cartographer Paolo Read more [...]

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Madonna of the Roses

The painting “Madonna of the Roses”, by Titian, is so Read more [...]

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The Pazzi Conspiracy

The event that more than anything else fueled rumors Read more [...]

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“Facciatone”

Perhaps the most memorable part of the Siena’s Read more [...]

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Villa Farnesina

This “little” Farnese palace, perhaps would better be Read more [...]

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“A Ufo”

In the Florentine vernacular, it is very common to hear Read more [...]

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“Il Toni”

Another common expression used by old and new Read more [...]

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Anglo-Florentines and the British Institute

“The double line of dark cypress, and the intricate Read more [...]

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