Mick to his mates
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The last, unfinished work of Michelangelo, a pieta. So cool to see one up close and without the crowds.
Impudent
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Yes, a 16th century female flasher. Held her pose long enough to be immortalised in stone.
Castello Sforzesco
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The fascinating combination of suns and snakes. A motif of unusual beauty.
elaborate yarn bomb
Roman view
Verona’s real past
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Multiple layers of verona’s past. The limestone steps of the Roman Amphitheatre are beautiful enough, and the structure is another impressive reminder of that incredible epoch.
That many of the stones were sliced to reveal beautiful spiral fossils, just added another layer of history and decoration.
Verona’s imaginary past
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Juliet’s balcony. You know, that Juliet from the fictional play by an enlgish writer, who may have even had a ghost writer.
Jammed with tourists from dawn ’til dark, the square has a statue of Juliet with a breast polished by the groping of thousands of tourists. Classy.
I suppose it keeps them off the (other) streets!
afloat
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This floating fruit shop was a regular feature near our apartment. Good stuff too!
Hot
Real Venetians…
Burano 2
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Contrived? I don’t know, it caught us on a bad day, I think. We were well over the herds of tourists, and this place was just a bit twee. I’m sure if we’d taken our time to find them, there would be gems.