the clean up job

Very interesting shot and note, Annalia

Thank you, Judite. I really like it when photographers give a good description of their photos, so I try to do this myself whenever I can. Have a nice week end!

perfect camouflage ;-)

You are right, Malona. If I turn it to black and white the crane practically disappears!

Stunning architectural details.
Have a nice weekend.

Thank you, Jaap. The details of the Duomo exterior were so obscured by the accumulated grime of centuries, that its beauty, color and intricacy has been a rediscovery even for people like me who have lived in Florence for many years, and even for the Florentines themselves!

Considering the many visitors, this is probably a better method than building large scaffolding for it...

Actually they use both methods. There is currently one such scaffolding in another area. I think they used the cherry picker here because the corniche runs along the entire side horizontally. I saw it used also for cleaning out the "lantern" above the nearby Baptistry, which could not be reached by way of scaffolding. Thank you for your interest, Udo!

Vernazza a duomo :;-))