Giotto's Bell Tower, Camponila di Giotto, Firenze.
Photos from the climb up this tower. It is next to the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore. Can't imagine having to climb this as part of your job to ring the bells. I didn't notice any points to have torches along the stairs. I guess if you wanted to augment daylight you carried your own. It is about 60 feet short of the Dome for the cathedral. Every opening has fencing making it a bit annoying to take pictures. More pics than I normally post to the group in one post.
Yes straight up.
Up from the first landing.
Cathedral corner detail
The Dome
Going up.
Bell level.
Fenced in
locks of love.
The Dome
On our way out
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Safe travels and send more photos!
The stairs really scare me; I need (must have!) handrails!
These are just fantastic photos--so much detail and perspective.
Thank you so much.
Something about the camera angle, combined with the geometric shapes and patterns on the building is hitting just the right aesthetic spot for me. It's purely a personal reaction that I don't even know how to describe.
I started to veer off into musings about how we are affected personally by works of art and how hard can be to explain why one photo, painting, or other piece of art affects one more strongly than another that is arguably just as well crafted or more, but it was an exercise in futility. 
Anyway, I really love that photo.