After admiring the Basilica of Our Lady of the Hundred Flowers for a while, Ye Tian and the others shifted their targets and turned their heads to look at Giotto's bell tower next to the cathedral.

Like the Basilica of Santa Maria del Fiore, it is also a very famous historical building and one of the landmarks of Florence.

Unlike the Renaissance style of the Basilica of Santa Maria del Fiore, Giotto's bell tower is a Gothic-style building, which is rare in Italy, and is a typical representative of Gothic architecture in Italy.

Giotto's Bell Tower, built in 1384, was designed and presided over by the famous architect Giotto, a contemporary of the poet Dante, who was also a great frescoer, hence the name of this ancient bell tower.

This Gothic bell tower is a quadrangular columnar tower with a geometric color scheme of pink, dark green and cream, which looks very beautiful!

Although it is a different architectural style, its appearance and color are very harmonious with the Cathedral of Our Lady of Potore next to it.

The bottom of Giotto's bell tower is surrounded by elaborate reliefs, mostly from biblical stories, and there are staircases leading to the top, with a total of 290 steps.

The bell tower is about 84 meters high and about 14 meters square, which is rare in medieval church architecture, and even more so in Italy at that time, which was not yet united.

Looking beyond Giotto's bell tower, Ye Tian and the others saw another very famous historical building.

That is the Chapel of San Giovanni, also known as the Baptistery, which is an octagonal church dedicated to Giovanni, the patron saint of Florence, hence its name.

As early as the 7th century, this famous church was built and is the most typical example of Romanesque architecture in the Tuscany region, the 'capital of luxury'.

The most striking feature of this church is the three-sided bronze gate decorated with gold reliefs, carved with motifs inspired by the Old Testament stories of the Bible, which is dazzling and dazzling!

Of course, the gold relief on the three bronze gates that are now presented in front of visitors is no longer the original, but a copy of the original, and the material is no longer gold, but bronze gilding!

At first glance, the three-sided bronze gate is no different from the original, all the details of the gold relief are exactly the same, and the reproduction is so perfect that ordinary tourists can't see it at all.

As for the original gold reliefs set on the bronze doors on three sides, they have long since been demolished by the Florentine authorities and displayed in the museum of the cathedral for people to visit and admire.

Although the carvings on the three gold-relief gates are all from the Bible, they represent different contents and are from different master carvers.

On the south side of the church, 28 carved motifs are carved on the gold-relief gates, the story of John's mission, by André Pisano, a master carver of the early 14th century.

On the north side, the gold-relief gate is also carved with 28 motifs depicting the life of Christ and the deeds of his 12 disciples, designed by Ghiberti at the beginning of the 15th century.

Compared to the gold-relief gates on the north and south sides, the east gate of the Baptistery of San Giovanni is more famous.

On the gold-relief gate on the east side, the master Ghiberti uses Gothic expression to tell people ten sets of stories from the Old Testament with ten beautiful pictures.

It took Ghiberti 27 years, starting in 1425, to complete this great engraving until 1452.

This set of gold reliefs caused an instant sensation and became one of the most famous sculptural masterpieces of the Renaissance.

Because of the realism and beauty of this set of gold reliefs, and the ten sets of stories of the Old Testament of the Bible, the later master sculptor Michelangelo even called this gate 'the gate of heaven'.

By word of mouth by Michelangelo and other top artists of his time, the name 'Gates of Paradise' soon spread, and gradually became another name for the East Gate.

Later, people simply engraved the four big words 'Gates of Paradise' on this bronze gate, and it has become a very famous attraction in Florence, a must-see for tourists.

Ye Tian's location was a little far from Giotto's bell tower and San Giovanni, and they didn't immediately walk over to visit the two famous historical buildings, but just admired them from a distance.

There is time later, and there is no need to rush it.

Just as they were looking at the Baptistery of San Giovanni, they were spotted by a large number of media reporters gathered in front of the Basilica of Our Lady of Flora and immediately rushed to try to interview them.

However, the Florentine police had already been prepared, and the police who followed them and the policemen patrolling the Piazza del Duomo immediately set up a cordon and stopped the excited media reporters.

In this cordon, there is also a cordon built by Cole and them, everyone is on high alert, and those media reporters can't get close to Ye Tian and them at all.

After being stopped, the reporters could only ask questions aloud from afar, all about the fierce shootout that took place on Calchaioli Road in the morning.

At this time, the whole world already knew that Ye Tian and they were facing the largest mafia family in Italy in Florence, and the two sides had a fierce conflict.

In the course of the conflict, the two sides opened fire directly on Calcioli Road, turning this central and elegant ancient street of Florence into a battlefield, full of bullets and blood!

And it is also known that Ye Tian and they won a big victory again, killing seven members of the Casa Monica family and two gypsy gangsters in one fell swoop, but they were unharmed.

Hearing this, everyone was completely shocked and secretly frightened.

People also have a new understanding of Ye Tian's strong strength and madness.

Ye Tian listened to the questions of many media reporters outside the cordon, but he did not give any response, and he was still admiring these exquisite historical buildings in front of him.

At the same time, he did not let go of exploring the depths of the earth.

He had already secretly turned on the perspective, and quickly scanned all the places above and below the square in front of the cathedral, and there were many surprising discoveries.

Needless to say, every historic building here is famous, a marvel in the history of architecture, radiating dazzling light.

Inside these famous historical buildings, he saw many valuable antique works of art, many of which were of the highest quality, from the Middle Ages to the 19th century.

And deep underground, he also saw a colorful and dazzling world of beauty.

Unfortunately, the situation here is exactly the same as in the Piazza della Signoria, and although there are many archaeological sites buried deep underground, and many valuable antiques and works of art are buried, no one has been able to dig them up.

The Florentine authorities have already explored the depths of the ground, and have made it clear that no one can excavate without permission.

Therefore, looking at those antique artworks buried deep underground, even Ye Tian can only get by, but he can't own them, unless he does whatever it takes to steal them secretly!

Standing in the square in front of the cathedral and admiring it for a while, Ye Tian retracted his gaze and said to the people around him with a smile:

"Guys, let's go to the church to visit, for one of the three domes in the world, the dome of the Cathedral of Our Lady of Flowers, I have admired it for a long time, and I have wanted to visit here for a long time, and today I finally got my wish!"

As he spoke, Ye Tian took Betty's hand, and the two of them walked towards the door of the Cathedral of Our Lady of Flowers.

Anderson and Cole followed, everyone's eyes shining with excitement and anticipation.

Soon, the group came to the door of the church and stopped at the very top of the doorway steps.

At this moment, the door of the Church of Our Lady of Flowers, which had been closed, suddenly opened inward, and several staff members immediately greeted them and walked straight to Ye Tian.

Next, the staff members talked to Ye Tian for a few words, and then led them into the church and closed the church door again.

Seeing this scene, the many media reporters gathered outside the cordon, as well as the few tourists in the square, couldn't help but be shocked.

"Since the shootout broke out in the morning, the Cathedral of Our Lady of Flora has been closed urgently, and no one is allowed to enter it, why are Steven's guys able to go in?

"Who knows! I wouldn't be surprised if anything magical happened to this guy Steven, I've long been used to it, this is a guy who keeps creating miracles!"

Listening to the indignant discussions of many media reporters and tourists, the policemen who followed Ye Tian and them couldn't help but show a wry smile on their faces.

Of course, these policemen knew that Ye Tian and why they were able to enter the Basilica of Our Lady of Flowers at this time was because of the Vatican and because of the relationship between the Cardinals of Florence!

Not only the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Hundred Flowers, but any church in Italy, or even any Christian church in the world, it is estimated that the doors will be open for those American bastards! 2k reading network