Today we visited Fiesole, yet another charming Tuscan hill town. Fiesole also has an active archaeological excavation / ruin in the center of town and an excellent museum explaining the history of the town (and region) from the Etruscans, to the Romans, to the Longobards (the tribe / culture that succeeded the Romans).
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| The baths, showing the progress from frigidarium (cold room) to tepidarium (tepid room) to calidarium (hot room). Note the furnaces heating the calidarium floors. |
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| Longobard warrior remains. |
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| Longobard bronze sword, decorative shield center. |
Returning this evening our hosts Allesandro and Sirena served us a wonderful Tuscan dinner. We enjoyed the meal very much, as well as getting to know our new friends from Denmark, the Sørensens! They had a very charming daughter who Erin hung out with all week, and we also got to meet their extended family who were staying at another nearby agriturismo.
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