Florence, Italy

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FLORENCE: ICONIC IN CLASSICISM

Behind the insatiable appetite of people
who come to see and appreciate
The work of art in human history
lies the images and quality of faith.

This beautiful city of Florence
Where a kind of growth and civilization
Has kept the sentiment of tradition
That carries with it all our admiration.

It is the evidence of achievement
that seems to paint with ever greater meaning
The finest features that renaissance offers
to penetrate freedom recurrent in our existence.
Described as classical and relevant
To the life portraiture and human quest
The statues, paintings, sculptures and other things
a phallic prestige, a wonderful gift to our enrichment.

How men and women of many backgrounds
Come to stretch their imagination and insight
To bind the common thread of commitment
That establishes relationships, a language for inner heritage.

Such an awesome sight to greet our eyes
Those kinds of buildings, artifacts and many others
Hard to think and explain the intense meaning
That likely refers to the soul of human struggle.

Viva Florence! The beauty of Europe!
Its intimacy to human striving
An ebbing faith in its people,
That draws to restore and revive into spectacle.

Beautiful Florence! A very cosmopolitan place!
Clearly memorable to reshape our appreciation
So immense that history unfolds
in our understanding to value its significance.