Florence from garden to garden

In Florence there are beautiful gardens,  less famous of the Boboli Gardens, but very charming as well:

Forte Belvedere

Forte Belvedere, once a fortress built between 1590 and 1595 by the Grand Duke Ferdinando I de 'Medici, son of Cosimo I, was built for multiple purposes: to protect  Palazzo Pitti, to protect the south area of the city, and more generally all the Oltrarno, demonstrating with his majesty all the power of the Medici, and finally to provide a refuge for the Grand Duke in case of possible riots: the fortress in fact represented the final stage of Vasari Corridor linking Palazzo Vecchio to Palazzo Pitti with a suspended passage via Boboli, through a impressive network of passages, apartments, corridors, bridges and gardens.

Villa Bardini

The Bardini Villa is an historical garden of Florence's Oltrarno neighborhood.
It covers a large area from the slopes of the hill of Piazzale Michelangelo to the Arno river
In 1309 after the bankrupt of the owner all the family possessions (house buildings and land) were purchased by the City of Florence.

Giardino dell Rose

The rose garden,  was built in 1865 by the same architect of Piazzale Michelangelo, Giuseppe Poggi on behalf of the City of Florence, it covers about one hectare of terraced land with a panoramic view of the city of Florence.

Florence and the snow

 Florence with the snow three days ago, almost 10 cm in a couple of hours!

so Saturday after a nice walk with zar in the vineyards and olive trees 

I decided to go downtown from my house in the Chianti countryside

walking by Pitti Palace

watching strange cars on the road

crossing Ponte Vecchio (the old Bridge)

entering in a Pinocchio store nearby

looking at the Lion, the symbol of Florence and the statue in the Loggia in Piazza della Signoria

and finally arriving in piazza del Duomo after the sunset

to see the Brunelleschi's Dome, the Giotto's Tower and the Cathedral....

with the snow