In and out of Florence; a new introduction to a well-known city . Photo. Brogi Madonna with Child Luca della Robbia: Bargello Palazzo Vecchio and II Bargello 151 If one has a fancy for delicately moulded facesin low relief, the room of medallions with its veritablegallery of Medici portraits in miniature, and itsscores of other faces of the great days of old, canfurnish entertainment for long hours. But sight-. That most fascinating room of all the Bargello, that un-roofed room of the arcades, the well, the stair, and thestemmi-spotted walls. seeing with a reading glass becomes tiring in time,
In and out of Florence; a new introduction to a well-known city . Photo. Brogi Madonna with Child Luca della Robbia: Bargello Palazzo Vecchio and II Bargello 151 If one has a fancy for delicately moulded facesin low relief, the room of medallions with its veritablegallery of Medici portraits in miniature, and itsscores of other faces of the great days of old, canfurnish entertainment for long hours. But sight-. That most fascinating room of all the Bargello, that un-roofed room of the arcades, the well, the stair, and thestemmi-spotted walls. seeing with a reading glass becomes tiring in time,and there is that most fascinating room of all theBargello, always calling; that unroofed room of thearcades, the well, the stair, and the stemmi-spottedwalls. And so one finds oneself again in the court, theunsurpassable court; and stays there till closing , in any chapter under such a title as thisone has, it must at least be noted that Florence hastwo fortress castles of some importance that are rarely 152 Castles and Palaces visited. These are the Fortezza di San Giorgio onthe hilltop across the Arno, built in 1590 by theGrand Duke Ferdinand; and the Fortezza da Basso,at the opposite end of the city, built by the MediciPope, Clement VII, as a stronghold for Alessandrode Medici, ruler of Florence. Here the great bankerFilippo Strozzi, who had actually lent money to theMedici to build this
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