December 15, 2025
Tag: Italy Postcards
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Frescos in Florence
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The Church of Santa Maria Novella, founded in 1221, and its namesake public square in Florence, Italy, is one of the most visited Renaissance sites in Europe. Millions visit each year to see the art treasures and to pray in the 800-year old Dominican church. But there is more to learn.
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March 3, 2024 11 Comments
We will never know what Lee would think about the hotels and motels named in his honor. During the Civil War, he stayed in a tent with his troops, declining more comfortable lodgings. Even when he fell ill in March 1863, he reluctantly left his tent on doctor’s orders to recuperate in a house, but he remained close to where his troops were bivouacked.