Wednesday afternoon, we went to the top of Brunelleschi’s dome in the Duomo. I was very excited to do this, as I walk by the Duomo quite a bit and it is an enormous and intriguing structure. Our group began walking up the stairs in single file, as the path was very narrow. On and on we went, until the path opened right under the inside of the dome.
The dome is an incredible painting, not only because of the sheer size of the painting but also because of the quality craftsmanship. The artists needed to be able to paint on the curve of the dome so the pictures looked lifelike from the bottom. This is a very hard task to do, but everything looked great in the painting. The bottom portion of the painting is a representation of hell. Then, going upwards there were angels, followed by a collection of saints, Mary, Jesus, etc. and the top was the 24 Elders of Apoc. 4. I did not know what all of these levels were, but luckily for me I have a Wikipedia addiction.
After seeing this, we went up more stairs on our way to the top of the dome. From here, there was a gorgeous view of
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