Anybody Been to Florence?
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Now that I would have liked! I love squid and cuttlefish well cooked. 

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--AFlorence church tourist killed by falling stone fragment
A Spanish tourist in Italy has been killed by a falling stone fragment in one of Florence's main churches.
He was 52 years old and local newspapers said he lived in Barcelona.
The stone, said to have supported a column, had a diameter of 15cm (six inches) and fell 20 metres (65ft).
Police have closed the Santa Croce basilica, where the artist Michelangelo, astronomer Galileo and philosopher Machiavelli are buried, to tourist visits until further notice.
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Gosh that's terrible Av. Poor fellow!
I did not go into Santa Croce proper (though I did see inside from a small fenced area reserved for those visiting to pray). The interior is not one of the most inspiring of Florence's churches, for all its historical interest, and to be honest by that stage of the day I was getting too churched out to be springing twenty quid to see a dull interior with a few blackened renaissance fresco's and some big name graves!
I did not go into Santa Croce proper (though I did see inside from a small fenced area reserved for those visiting to pray). The interior is not one of the most inspiring of Florence's churches, for all its historical interest, and to be honest by that stage of the day I was getting too churched out to be springing twenty quid to see a dull interior with a few blackened renaissance fresco's and some big name graves!

President of Peace? You fucking idiots!
"I know what America is. America is a thing that you can move very easily. Move it in the right direction. They won't get in the way." (Benjamin Netenyahu 2001.)
....and the glory of the world becomes less than it was....
'Have we not served you well'
'Of course - you know you have.'
'Then let it end.'
We are the Bloodguard
"I know what America is. America is a thing that you can move very easily. Move it in the right direction. They won't get in the way." (Benjamin Netenyahu 2001.)
....and the glory of the world becomes less than it was....
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'Then let it end.'
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President of Peace? You fucking idiots!
"I know what America is. America is a thing that you can move very easily. Move it in the right direction. They won't get in the way." (Benjamin Netenyahu 2001.)
....and the glory of the world becomes less than it was....
'Have we not served you well'
'Of course - you know you have.'
'Then let it end.'
We are the Bloodguard
"I know what America is. America is a thing that you can move very easily. Move it in the right direction. They won't get in the way." (Benjamin Netenyahu 2001.)
....and the glory of the world becomes less than it was....
'Have we not served you well'
'Of course - you know you have.'
'Then let it end.'
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Revan wrote:I went to Florence years ago... that was back when I used to play video games as well; so I was looking around at all the sites from Assassins Creed II; wondering if I could eagle dive from the top of the Il Duomo into some hay.








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