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Eze, the walled city outside Monte Carlo |
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The walled city of St Paul de Vence, France - entire city is surrounded by a fortified wall. |
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The port of Villefranche where we had rock skipping competitions |
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Pisa, Italy - We had to move a fence to get this shot! |
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Florence, Italy - Michelangelo's David - 517 cm tall. Made over 3 years from a single piece of marble that two other master sculptures called 'unsuitable' |
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Cathedral - Duomo of Florence, 4th largest in world |
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The original bronze of Perseus cutting off the head of Medusa (Cellini, 1554) |
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This copy of David replaced the original which was there for many years |
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| Church of Santa Croce (Italy's Westminster Abbey) - includes tombs of Michelangelo, Galileo, Machiavelli |
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| Michelangelo's tomb (died in 1564) |
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| Galileo's tomb (died 1642) |
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| Nighttime pictures around the ship |
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| Rome, Italy - Entering the Vatican Museum |
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| Greek statue of 'Laocoon and Sons' in Vatican Museums from c. 175-150 BC in marble. The types of statues that Michelangelo studied. |
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| No pictures were allowed in the Sistine Chapel so we had to be sneaky. |
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| 25 years after doing the ceiling, Michelangelo returned to paint the Last Judgment on the main wall. 'Privates' covered up after Council of Trent in 1560. |
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| Constantine's Arch - built in A.D. 315 to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Constantine's rise to the throne and his victory over Maxentius in A.D. 312. |
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| Colosseum was completed by Titus in the first century A.D. but has undergone many revamps due to fires & earthquakes. |
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| It could seat almost 50,000, arranged in tiers based on social status. It was nicknamed 'Coloseum' cuz it was built by Nero's huge statue (colossus) of himself. |