Saturday, August 27, 2011

Photo Hunt—"symbolic"

In Florence, this Agnus Dei symbol flies high
above the Orsanmichele, once a grain market,
then a church, and now also a museum.

[To see more symbols, visit tnchick's meme.]

9 comments:

  1. I hope you and yours come through the impending hurricane safe and sound. I was going to say, “Hang in there,” but not this way.

    Thank you for the informational link. It is succinct and has visual appeal.

    Your symbolic image of a Florentine lamb has me craving a kind of Lamb Florentine with ingredients such as Lamb Chop with Sherry (sp?). It’s just the best! “Heavenly,” even? You put the words right in my mouth.

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  2. Likewise, I'm sending my love to you and yours, Alexa.

    This silhouette is gorgeous against the blue, blue sky.

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  3. I love finding signs like this, so medieval. Nowadays sometimes they even put up the name of the shop or whatever, too, like this one, but I wish they wouldn't.

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  4. Beautiful!! and I too hope you stay safe.

    symbolic

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  5. The silhouette image is very impressive indeed. Love the blue sky in the background too. :)

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  6. A very shapely symbol that looks quite dramatic against the blue sky!

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  7. Beautiful shot. I like how you can find similar symbols on towers throughout Tuscany - I wish I knew more about the history behind each.

    Have a good weekend.

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  8. Let us now how you faced Irene and hope you all go through this without damage!!

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  9. I hope it won't fall on someones head !

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