One of the five villages of Cinque Terra.
Vernaza from the trail above the village in the Cinque Terra.
Vernaza street panorama in the Cinque Terra.
Human statues with a young tourist outside the Uffizi in Florence.
An unfinished Pieta by Michelangelo in the Museo dell’Opera del Duomo in Florence.
Michelangelo’s David in the Galleria dell’Accademia in Florence. Hands down the greatest work of art I’ve ever seen.
The dome of Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence, the greatest architectural marvel of its time.
The Palazzo Vecchio, seen between wings of the Uffizi in Florence.
Two mounted police officers in the plaza between wings of the Uffizi in Florence.
Panorama of the Florence skyline from Piazzale Michelangelo.
Intricate carving in Castel Sant’Angelo in Rome.
A view of St. Peter’s Basilica from a rooftop restaurant at Castel Sant’Angelo.
A woman waiting for a dinner companion at a small restaurant in Rome.
The curved ceiling of the map room in the Vatican Museum.
The map room at the Vatican Museum.
These were among scores of sculpted heads in one room of the Vatican Museum.
Statues overlooking St. Peter’s Square, from atop the façade of St. Peter’s Basilica.
The Pantheon in Rome. Built in the early 2nd Century, there wasn’t another domed structure built anywhere until the basilica of Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence in the early 15th Century.
A model on the Spanish Steps in Rome.
St. Peter’s Square, from atop of the dome of the basilica.
View of Santa Maria del Fiore and Giotto’s Tower from my hotel.
Basilica di San Marco and the Doge’s Palace in Venice.
Tourists collecting pigeons on the plaza in front of the Basilica di San Marco.
The domes of the Basilica San Marco from the 300 foot tall bell tower.
Basilica San Marco and bell tower.
A church across the canal in Venice.
A waiter stands ready at a sidewalk restaurant in Venice.
Pigeons roost in an elaborate carving in Venice.
A traffic jam in a Venetian canal.
A sculpture on a corner of the Doge’s Palace.
Weird sculpture on a building in Venice.
A panoramic shot of Venice from atop the bell tower.
Bent by the wind 