Day 2 Livorno, Florence and Pisa

The cathedral in Florence was extravagant on the outside.

It was simpler on the inside. The outside was to impress Pisa.

It has a baptistery a tower and a cathedral.

It was a crowded day on the streets of Florence, you couldn't hardly walk around.

This is the baptistery showing John the Baptist sprinkling Jesus.

This is the paradise door to the baptistery, so named by Michelangelo.

The touristas on the street.

The Palace and main square in Florence.

The President of Italy was speaking inside this building making it extra crowded with security.

Statue of Neptune.

The troops on the old bridge over the Arno River in Florence.

It was a beautiful day in Florence. We'll need to go there again with more time and less crowds.

Then we went on to Pisa. Debbie doing her best to hold up the tower. They actually injected concrete into the ground on the leaning side to keep it from falling more.

The alter in the cathedral at Pisa.

Inside the cathedral of Pisa was very beautiful.

So was my wife.

The outside of the Pisa cathedral.

The cathedral and the leaning tower.

They say the green, the white and the blue are symbolic of life and the church between earth and heaven.

There are actually four buildings at Pisa. The tower and the cathedral, then in the foreground is the baptistery. and on the far left is the cemetery building. They symbolize being born in the baptistery. Life in the cathedral. Going to heaven in the tower, then burial in the cemetery.

The baptistery had two domes. The sound goes up and reverberates back in a different pitch.

This chant demonstrates the change in the sound. It was beautiful.