SUNDAY (October 25, 2009) Dante was worn out after all of the “A Passo Duomo” celebration around the cathedral.
The new mayor of Florence had decreed that the entire piazza surrounding the Duomo would become a pedestrian mall instead of a busy thoroughfare where over 500 buses and thousands of taxis round the Duomo every day. To mark the renaissance of the city center, the mayor threw a party.
There were balloons and hot chestnuts and free entrance to the Baptistry.
Notable figures from history – Dante, Galileo, Leonardo Da Vinci – made an appearance and wandered the … Read More