The weather started this morning as what's become known as GTG (Grand Tour Grey). I'd planned to go early to the dome of the Duomo, cleverly built of very thick stone by Brunelleschi in 1436, but it needs sun for the overhead views. So instead I visited two church interiors: Santa Trinita, just across the road from the hotel, and the nearby Ognissanti, the church at the centre of Mediaeval cloth production (foundation of Florence's economy). Both have frescoes by Ghirlandaio.
Later it brightened up so I made for the Duomo to check the dome entrance for tomorrow; mid-morning the piazza was heaving and there were long queues for both the Duomo and its dome. I ended up climbing the 414 steps to the top of the Campanile, the Duomo's bell tower, which was completed around 1337. Good views and reasonable photos from the top. But my legs are still aching from walking a lot yesterday.
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