Duomo

Last Wednesday we climbed the Duomo, the highest point in Florence. The outside of the building is painted white, green and red and the design of the outside of the building was unbelievable. It is so amazing that we live only 10 minutes away from such intricate architecture. Not to mention right in our back yard is a beautiful church. I had no idea what the climb was going to be like when Randall told us we were going to the top of the Duomo. It started as regular stairs and we reached a platform that went along the circumfrence of the bottom of the actual dome. From this point, we were able to see the art work on the inside of the dome. The painting was unlike anything I have ever seen. The bottom consisted of paintings of devils and it went up each class until it reaches the angels. It was unbelievable. The most stunning part was that the people who painted it stood on latters and painted it upside down. After climbing to the beginning of the dome, we climbed up to the top of it. The stairs were incredibly narrow and went up like a spiral. It was also incredibly clostrophobic. It was like climbing the statue of Liberty. However, once you got to the top of the duomo and stepped outside and looked at the view of the city, it was completely worth the climb. The city of Florence was so much bigger than I has imagined. You could see the synogogue that we visited and the river and even how far away our apartment was! It was amazing.