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November 2000	Daniel Bollag

Piazza della Signoria
by Daniel Bollag

Florence, Italy

The ordinary: The Piazza della Signoria every tourist visits
The extraordinary: the view from the upper floor of the Uffizi museum
(hence the reflections on the window one can't open)

Canon PowerShot S20
1/250s. f5.6 at 13mm full exif

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Daniel Bollag		15-Feb-2008 09:19
Thanks for commenting, Franky! I think we'd rather postpone that highly philosophical discussion about all those extraordinary places turned into ordinary ones by the enormous masses of visiting tourists (to the ones you and I belong too every now and then, of course). Florence--to stay with the example of this image--is arguably not a living city anymore but basically a museum of its own past, as my Florentine relatives regret themselves. -- db.

Franky2005		14-Feb-2008 21:04
Daniel, it is a superb shot. I also have encountered situation when I was wanting to break some glas. :-) One one thing I do disagree. Isn't the fact that so many tourist do a visit indicating that this is an extraordinary place?

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Piazza della Signoria by Daniel Bollag

Florence, Italy

Piazza della Signoria
by Daniel Bollag