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This morning we went to the Basilica di Santa Maria Novella and the Basilica di Santa Croce. In the latter were the tombs of Machiavelli, Michaelangelo, and Galileo! THe city of Florence has argued for years for Dante Aighieri's tomb to also be moved to this site, however, because he was exiled from his belived city he grew up in, the body has never been moved back to Dante's birth city. So, there is a large statue of Dante outside of the church and dedications to him inside of it to commemorate and memorialize Dante and his significance to the city of FLroence.
Following these tours we went to the leather markets again but actuall made purchases this time! Jackie, smargs, her mom, and I all got bags and gifts for family at home!
Even though we were exhausted from the day's festivities, we decided to catch an hour long train to Pisa to take pics at the Leaning Tower, and we were so glad we powered through and went because it was so fun!!!
We leave tomorrow morning, and I will miss beautiful Florence so much!
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