18 June: Florence City

A more modern looking medieval city compared to others like Assisi and Siena though all went through similar history.

Significant buildings/ monuments include

1. The Door of Paradise at St John’s Baptistry with 10 panels that depict the 10 significant events in the Old Testament,

Take a closer look at those that I'm familiar with:
(a) Creation of Mankind: God with Adam and Eve

(b) Noah (lying at the left bottom corner) - after the flood... Indeed, the guide jokingly said that Noah was probably the first person who got drunk in this world :P

The creator of this door had cleverly got himself (and his pupil) to appear as door knobs of this famous door (BTW, we were told this was a replicate as the original one was moved indoor after the flood).

2. The elaborated facade of Cathedral of Santa Maria Del Flore with the 12 most influential people in Florence at the Renaissance period appeared at the top of the building. Second from the left was Michelangelo while third from the right is Leonardo. 

While the exterior was grand and impressive, the interior was plain and simple, a vast difference compared to most of the cathedrals (or equivalent) we saw earlier. One item that caught my attention is the 24-hour clock