Category: Travel
Siena – Orienteering Race
It was Sunday morning. We had been to mass and headed into the main Piazza when we saw some kind of foot race underway. Lots…
Siena and Saint Catherine
The Saint Catherine of Siena parish in Kalamazoo, MI, is celebrating its 50th anniversary as a parish this year. Fr. Robert Creagan, formerly of this…
Siena – Baptistery and More Street Scenes
Battistero di San Giovanni (Baptistery of Saint John) was built between 1316 and 1325 by Camaino di Crescentino. Recall from a post from Florence that…
Siena – Santa Maria Assunta Interior
We step inside the church to a grand space filled with beautiful art. Again, the pillars are alternating bands of black and white marble. The…
Siena – Santa Maria Assunta
The Cattedrale Metropolitana di Santa Maria Assunta (Metropolitan Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Assumption) was originally designed and completed between 1215 and 1263 on the site…
Siena – Street Scenes 2
Continuing our walk through Siena, we come upon the Loggia della Mercanzia. Loggia della Mercanzia ( Lodge of the Merchants), a meeting place for Siena’s…
Siena – Street Scenes 1
We are moving on to Siena. After a short drive from Florence, we arrived at our hotel, dropped our bags, and started off toward the…
Florence – Santa Croce and Street Scenes
I’ve got a few more photos from Florence before we leave town. This is a collection of photos from Piazza di Santa Croce and from…
Florence – Piazza della Signoria
Our tour continues to the Piazza della Signoria. All descriptions of the buildings and statues below are from WikiPedia. Palazzo Vecchio (Old Palace) is the…
Florence – Battistero di San Giovanni
The Battistero di San Giovanni (The Baptistery of St. John) is another masterpiece in marble. “In the early centuries of the Church, baptisteries were…