Firenze is a wonderful city here in Italy. It is Dante’s hometown and we have been learning so much about him. We have seen his house, his church, the baptistery in which he was baptized, and much more. It’s all starting to come together. In the Dante class, we have begun to connect why we are here in Italy and reading Dante’s Inferno. Dante was brought up Catholic. The Catholics have what is known as the Holy Trinity. God, the son, and the Holy Spirit. In the Pantheon, we noticed that there were circles and squares present everywhere. In the dome, the floor and the walls. One represents God and the other represents the son or his people. The Holy Trinity is the combination of both the circles and squares. Where as in Catholicism it is the representation of god in all people. With the combination of circles and squares in the Pantheon we have a sense of balance between the two, which gives a sense of lightness to the mind and body.  Another thing that has connected being here in Italy to Dante is moving from city to city. As he did after he was exiled by his own people. All because the Pope was power hungry. We might have only been to two cities so far but I still have four or five cities left to visit. One of which being Poppi, where his presents was great. While here in Florence, I have seen and learned so many things. My favorite had to have been Michelangelo’s sculpture of David. Just seeing David’s veins and muscles depicted in the sculpture was amazing. How can one guy create such a detailed sculpture to where it has veins? Everyone before Michelangelo couldn’t get the imperfect piece of marble to be a good sculpture of David. All the artist before him wanted to depict David after his victory but Michelangelo decided to depict David before. So Michelangelo was able to turn an imperfect piece of marble into something with perfection and grave detail. Even David is surrounded by circles and squares.