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Italy

In March 2023, my wife and I visited Italy, starting with Florence and then ending in Venice.

Shingle roofs and balconies with plants growing from the cracks.
The roofs of the shops on the Ponte Vecchio. Surprisingly green for a roof.
A lamp with four arms each with a white orb. The moon sits between the arms.
Florence has these lamps all over and I spent a while finding one that lined up with the moon this way.
An overview of a city with a giant domed cathedral rising above the surrounding buildings..
The Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Flower (Il Duomo). It's so much bigger than everything else.
A cathedral and bell tower with ornate white, pink, and green marble façades.
The cathedral façade doesn't disappoint either. I wish I had a better frontal photo, but the square was extremely busy basically any time it was light.
Colorful lights from a stained glass window scattered on some steps.
I didn't get any especially good shots of the stained glass itself, but these colorful shadows are nice.
A view out a barred window of a mossy roof with a city below.
The view out a window during the climb to the top of the cathedral dome. I really like the warping effect the focal depth has on the bars.
A narrow descending spiral staircase.
The stairs going down from the top of the dome. There are something like 450 steps in total.
Water droplets dripping into and splashing in a fountain in a garden.
The Boboli Gardens where this fountain is have some of the only real greenery in Florence.
A large fountain with a statue of Neptune in the background and a bird standing on a ledge in the foreground.
A different fountain, but this time with a statue and a bird.
A branch with several lemons hangs in front of a yellow house in the background in on a forested hill.
Between the flowers and the lemons and oranges, Cinque Terre National Park certainly thought it was spring.
A cloudy sky over the sea with rays of light making a bright spot on the water.
It was cloudy and threatening rain, which made for some very cool lighting effects over the water.
A bird sitting on a rock silhouetted in front of the sea.
Not the noblest looking bird, but it's trying its best.
A narrow canal lined with buildings and a bridge in the distance.
Despite being a somewhat impractical city, Venice is very pretty.
A lit chandelier in the background shining on the crystals of one in the foreground.
The Fenice Opera House was too dark for most photos, but these chandeliers provided enough light for some moody ambience.
A square with a large clock tower on the right, a cathedral with several domes, spires, gold mosaics, and stained glass windows in the center, and a seagull flying above it.
The Piazza San Marco has the most ornate Basilica I've seen and also hundreds of seagulls.
A large pillar in the center blocking the sun with a large open square on either side.
A view of the other side of the square. More seagulls.
Light being cast onto archways with very dark shadows behind.
The sun providing some dramatic lighting inside St. Mark's Basilica. Unfortunately, it was mostly still too dark for the interior decorations to photograph well.
A large church across a wide canal with a pigeon sitting on a lamppost on the right.
A view of Santa Maria della Salute as the sun starts to set. Also a pigeon.

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