In lieu of gaudy billboards, Florence prefers to line its streets and piazzas with glorious works of Renaissance sculpture. Of course, Florence also houses a few museums on just about every street corner, and they typically include entire hallways of---you guessed it---more magnificent statues. I took my iPad around the past couple days and sketched a few these street-side monuments with Paper by 53.
At the top of this post is a view of the Piazza della Signoria just in front of the Palazzo Vecchio---more or less Florence's far less frenzied version of Times Square.
There are at least three Dante statues in Florence (and one Dante's Pizzeria right next to our apartment). This memorial to the famed Florentine writer is found in Santa Croce.
In Florence, the streets have eyes. No wonder they're so well behaved here.
A detail of the Perseus statue in Piazza Vecchio.
A memorial to the Medici within their esteemed palace-museum.
Not quite a statue, but a rather majestic view in the Medici palace.
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