Treasure Hunt all over the World

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

Like the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore, this is also a very famous historical building, one of Florence's landmark buildings.

Different from the Renaissance style of the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore, the Giotto Bell Tower is a Gothic style building, which is rare in Italy and is a typical representative of Gothic architecture in Italy.

The Giotto Bell Tower, built in 1384, was designed and presided over by the famous architect Giotto, who was also a great muralist at the same time as the poet Dante, hence the name of this ancient bell tower.

The appearance of this Gothic bell tower is a quadrangular columnar tower. The three colors of pink, dark green and cream are blended in a geometric color scheme, which looks very beautiful!

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

Around the bottom of Giotto's Bell Tower, there are exquisite reliefs, most of which come from biblical stories, and there are stairs up to the top, with a total of 290 stairs.

The bell tower is about 84 meters high and about 14 meters square, which is rare in medieval church buildings, and it is unique in Italy, which was not yet unified at that time.

Looking past Giotto's Bell Tower, Ye Tian and the others saw another very famous historical building.

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

As early as the 7th century AD, this famous church was built, and it is the most typical representative of Romanesque architecture in Tuscany, the "magnificent capital".

The most eye-catching part of this church is the three-sided bronze gate decorated with gold reliefs, engraved with patterns based on stories from the Old Testament of the Bible, resplendent and dazzling!

Of course, the gold reliefs on the three bronze gates that are now presented to tourists are not originals, but replicas of the originals, and the material is no longer gold, but bronze plated with gold!

At first glance, the three bronze gates are the same as the original ones, and all the details of the gold reliefs are exactly the same, and the reproduction is so perfect that ordinary tourists can't see it at all.

As for the gold reliefs originally inlaid on the three bronze gates, they have long been dismantled by the Florentine authorities and are displayed in the museum of the cathedral for people to visit and appreciate.

Although the carving themes on the three golden relief gates all come from the Bible,

But the content they express is different, and they also come from different master sculptors.

On the golden relief door on the south side of the church, there are 28 patterns carved, the theme of which is the story of John's mission, which was created by Andre Pisano, a master carving artist in the early 14th century.

On the golden relief gate on the north side, 28 patterns are also carved, the theme is to show the life of Christ and the deeds of his 12 disciples, which came from the art master Ghiberti in the early fifteenth century.

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

On the golden embossed gate on the east side, art master Ghiberti uses Gothic expression techniques to tell people ten sets of stories from the Old Testament with ten beautiful pictures.

Beginning in 1425, the art master Ghiberti spent a full 27 years until 1452 to complete this great sculpture.

Once this group of gold reliefs came out, it immediately caused a huge sensation and became one of the most famous sculpture masterpieces of the Renaissance.

Because of the lifelikeness and exquisiteness of this group of gold reliefs and the ten sets of stories in the Old Testament of the Bible reflected, Michelangelo, the later master sculptor, even called this gate the "Gate of Paradise".

Passed by word of mouth from Michelangelo and other top art masters of the time, the name "Gate of Paradise" quickly spread and gradually became another name for the east gate.

Later, people simply engraved the four characters "Gate of Heaven" on this bronze gate, and it became a very famous attraction in Florence, a must-see for tourists.

Ye Tian and the others were located a little far away from Giotto's Bell Tower and San Giovanni. They didn't immediately go there to visit those two famous historical buildings, but just admired them from a distance.

There will be time later, there is no need to rush.

Just as they were looking at the Baptistery of San Giovanni, many media reporters gathered in front of the Basilica of Our Lady of the Flowers had spotted them, and immediately flocked to this side, trying to conduct interviews.

However, the Florence police had been prepared for a long time. The following policemen and the patrolling policemen in the cathedral square immediately pulled up a cordon to stop the excited media reporters.

Inside this cordon, there is also a cordon built by Cole and the others. Everyone is on high alert, and those media reporters can't get close to Ye Tian and the others.

After being stopped, the media reporters could only ask loud questions from afar, all of which revolved around the fierce gun battle that took place on Calchaioli Road in the morning.

At this time, the whole world already knew that Ye Tian and the others had confronted the largest mafia family in Italy in Florence, and a fierce conflict had occurred between the two sides.

During the conflict, the two sides opened fire directly on Via Calchaioli, turning this core and most elegant ancient street in Florence into a battlefield, with bullets flying and blood everywhere!

And people also knew that Ye Tian and the others won another big victory, killing seven members of the Casamonica family and two gypsy gangsters in one fell swoop, but they were not injured at all.

Hearing this, everyone was completely shocked, and secretly frightened.

People also have a new understanding of the powerful strength and madness of Ye Tian and the others.

Ye Tian heard the questions from many media reporters outside the cordon, but he didn't give any response. He was still admiring the exquisite historical buildings in front of him.

At the same time, he did not let go of exploring the deep underground.

He had already secretly turned on the perspective, and quickly scanned all the places on the ground and underground in the square in front of the cathedral, and found many surprising discoveries.

Needless to say the situation on the ground, every historical building here is well-known, and they are all miracles in the history of architecture, radiating dazzling light.

Inside these famous historical buildings, he saw a lot of valuable antique artworks, many of which were top-notch, dating from the Middle Ages to the 19th century, from various eras.

And deep underground, he also saw a colorful and dazzlingly beautiful world.

But it is a pity that the situation here is exactly the same as that of the Lord's Square. Although there are many archaeological sites buried deep underground and many valuable antique works of art, no one can excavate them.

For the situation deep underground here, the Florentine government authorities have already done exploration, and clearly stipulated that no one can explore and excavate here without permission.

Therefore, looking at those antique works of art buried deep in the ground, even Ye Tian can only enjoy the sight, but cannot own them, unless he steals them secretly by any means!

Standing on the square in front of the cathedral and admiring it for a while, Ye Tian then withdrew his gaze, smiled and said to the people around him:

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

Saying that, Ye Tian took Betty's hand, and the two walked towards the door of the Cathedral of Our Lady of Hundred Flowers together.

Anderson and Cole followed up, and everyone's excited eyes lit up, full of anticipation.

Soon, the group of them arrived at the door of the church and stopped at the top of the steps at the door.

At this moment, the door of the Church of Our Lady of Hundred Flowers, which had been closed all the time, suddenly opened inward, and several staff members came out to greet Ye Tian and the others.

Afterwards, those staff members talked to Ye Tian for a few words, and then brought them into the church and closed the door of the church again.

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

"Since the gun battle broke out in the morning, the Basilica of Our Lady of Hundred Flowers has been closed urgently, and no one is allowed to enter it for a visit. Why can Steven and his gang go in? Do they have privileges?"

"Who knows! I won't be surprised if anything miraculous happens to this guy, Steven. I've been used to it for a long time. This is a guy who keeps creating miracles!"

Listening to the indignant comments of many media reporters and tourists, the policemen who followed Ye Tian and the others couldn't help showing a wry smile on their faces.

Of course these policemen knew why Ye Tian and the others were able to enter the Basilica of Our Lady of Hundred Flowers at this time, it was because of the Vatican and the Cardinal of Florence!

Not only the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore, any church in Italy, or even any Christian church in the world, it is estimated that the door will be opened to those American bastards!