Firenze, Italy

Double checked, it was the Donatello Judith and Holofernes I saw in the piazza, must have been moved.

And that's aringhiera, harangue platform...

On the Loggiato dei Serviti hotel, I just saw that Rick Steves says it's his favorite in Florence -
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2010/11/20/rickstevesrickstevestmsarticlecfmid244.DTL&type=travel&ao=all

And, a photo of my tiny room there, the one I got a deal on -