Glorious Architecture - Homecoming

Some places you visit just feel like home; Florence, Italy, is one of those places. Its awe-inspiring structure, the Duomo, Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore, was started in 1296 and completed in 1436. Designed by Arnolfo di Cambio in the Gothic style, features a masterfully engineered dome by Filippo Brunelleschi. The very best place to view the structure, when you are not in the piazza it is contained in, is from Piazzale Michelangelo, a 26-minute walk over the Arno River, across the iconic Ponte Vecchio, and up the hill behind Palazzo Pitti. My photo from this site was the inspiration for this piece.