TRAVEL VLOG: Italy 2019| Tim&Rod
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THE MUST SEE TOURIST SPOTS IN FLORENCE, ROME AND VENICE
THE CAPITAL OF ITALY’S TUSCANY REGION , FLORENCE WAS THE CENTER OF MEDIEVAL TRADE AND FINANCE AND ALSO CONSIDERED AS ONE OF THE WEALTHIEST CITIES OF THAT ERA. IT IS CONSIDERED BY MANY ACADEMICS AS THE BIRTH PLACE OF RENAISSANCE.
TWO OF ITALY’S FINEST CITIES ROME AND VENICE. ON ONE HAND ROME IS THE CAPITAL OF THE LAZIO REGION WHICH IS ITALY’S LARGEST CITY . FOR MORE THAN 2600 YEARS IT IS EVIDENT FOR ITS RICHNESS IN ART , HISTORY ARCHITECTURE , MONUMENTS AND CULTURE. ON THE OTHER HAND VENICE IS THE CAPITAL OF VENETO REGION. IT IS BUILT ON 118 SMALL ISLANDS THAT ARE SEPARATED BY 150 CANALS. PEOPLE CROSS THE CANALS BY MANY SMALL BRIDGES AND THEY NAVIGATE THE CITY THROUGH BOATS .
PIAZELLE MICHEL ANGELO
PIAZZA MICHELANGELO IS ON A HILL ON THE SOUTH BANK OF THE RANO RIVER , JUST EAST OF THE CENTER OF FLORENCE, AND OFFERS A STUNNING VIEW OF THE CITY.
PIAZZA DELLA SIGNORIA
PIAZZA DELLA SIGNORIA IS AN L SHAPED SQUARE IN FRONT OF THE PALAZZO VECCHIO IN FLORENCE ITALY. IT WAS NAMED AFTER PALAZZO DELLA SISGNORIA, ALSO CALLED PALAZZO VECCHIO. IT IS THE MAIN POINT OF THE ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF THE FLORENTINE REPUBLIC AND STILL MAINTAINS ITS REPUTATION AS THE POLITICAL FOCUS OF THE CITY.
FOUNTAIN OF NEPTUNE
THE FOUNTAIN OF NEPTUNE SITUATED IN PIAZZA DELLA SIGNORIA , INFRONT OF THE PALAZZO VECCHIO . MADE OF MARBLE AND BRONZE THE FOUNTAIN WAS COMMISSIONED IN 1565AND DESIGNED BY BACCIO BANDINELLI. IT IS THE WORK OF THE SCULPTOR BARTOLOMEO AMMANNATI WITH SOME ELEMENTS CREATED BY COLLABORATORS.
PITTI PALACE
THE PALAZZO PITTI IS A VAST MAINLY RENAISSANCE , PALACE IN FLORENCE. IT IS SITUATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE RIVER ARNO, A SHORT DISTANCE FROM THE PONTE VECCHIO.
BOBOLI GARDENS
MORE THAN A GARDEN , MORE THAN JUST A “GREEN LUNG” IN FLORENCE THE BOBOLI GARDENS ARE ONE OF THE GREATEST OPEN AIR MUSEUMS IN FLORENCE THAT EMBRACES ANOTHER SITE OF CULTURE IN FLORENCE. THE PARK HOSTS CENTURIES OLD OAK TREES, SCULPTURES AND FOUNTAINS.
THE PONTE VECCHIO
IS A MEDIEVAL STONE CLOSED- SPANDREL SEGMENTAL ARCH BRIDGE OVER THE ARNO RIVER IN FLORENCE ITALY. NOTED FOR STILL HAVING SHOPS BUILT ALONG IT AS ONCE COMMON.
WELCOME TO VENICE
ST . MARKS SQUARE
PIAZZA SAN MARCO / ST. MARKS SQUARE IS IN THE HEART OF VENICE. IT IS 590 FT LONG AND 230 FT WIDE AND IS THE ONLY PIAZZA IN VENICE, SINCE THE REST OF THE SQUARES ARE CALLED PIAZZELES OR CAMPOS. THE PIAZZA SAN MARCO IS ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL IN THE WORLD. NAPOLEON CALLED IT “ THE WORLD’S MOST BEAUTIFUL DRAWING ROOM”.
ST.MARKS BASILICA
THE PATRIARCHAL CATHEDRAL BASILLICA OF SAINT MARK , COMMONLY KNOWN AS ST.MARK’S BASILICA , IS THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC OF ARCHDIOCESE OF VENICE, NORTHERN ITALY. IT IS THE MOST FAMOUS OF THE CITY’S CHURCHES AND ONE OF THE BEST KNOWN EXAMPLES OF ITALO - BYZANTINE ARCHITECTURE .
RIALTO BRIDGE
RIALTO BRIDGE , ITALIAN PONTE DI RIALTO , STONE ARCH BRIDGE CROSSING OVER THE NARROWEST POINT OF THE GRAND CANAL IN THE HEART OF VENICE. BUILT IN THE CLOSING YEARS OF THE 16TH CENTURY , THE RIALTO BRIDGE IS THE OLDEST BRIDGE ACROSS THE CANAL AND IS RENOWNED AS AN ARCHITECTURAL AND ENGINEERING ACHIEVEMENT OF RENAISSANCE. THE BRIDGE SERVED AS THE ONLY FIXED STRUCTURE CROSSING THE CANAL UNTIL 1850’S ; PRIOR TO THAT PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS AT OTHER LOCATIONS WERE DONE AT GANDOLA FERRIES.
THE VATICAN
THE VATICAN CITY - A CITY STATE SURROUNDED BY ROME , ITALY IS THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH. ITS HOME TO THE POPE AND A TROVE OF ICONIC ART AND ARCHITECTURE . ITS VATICAN MUSEUMS HOUSE ROMAN SCULPTURES AND THE SISTINE CHAPEL IS FAMOUS FOR MICHAEL ANGELO’S CEILING.
THE COLOSSEUM
THE COLOSSEUM ALSO KNOWN AS THE FLAVIAN AMPITHEATER IS AN OVAL AMPITHEATER IN THE CENTER CITY OF ROME. BUILT OF TRAVERTINE LIMESTONE , AND BRICK FACED CONCRETE. IT WAS THE LARGEST EVER BUILT AT THAT TIME AND HELD 50,000 SPECTATORS. THIS PLACE WAS USED FOR GLADIATORIAL CONTESTS AND PUBLIC SPECTACLES, ANIMAL HUNTS , RE EN ACTMENTS OF FAMOUS BATTLES, AND DRAMAS BASED ON CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY . THE COLOSSEUM IS LISTED AS AN ICONIC SYMBOL OF IMPERIAL ROME AND CONSIDERED AS ONE OF THE NEW 7 WONDERS OF THE WORLD.
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