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Florence Cathedral
The Florence Cathedral (Santa Maria del Fiore) is the main cathedral of the Archdiocese of Florence, forming a monumental church complex in Piazza del Duomo that includes the Baptistery and Giotto's Campanile. Begun in the late 13th century and completed with Brunelleschi's dome in 1436, the building is a vast Gothic-Renaissance basilica known for its enormous octagonal masonry dome.
First raised
1296
Its prime
1436
Today
Still standing
As it stood in 1436
The shape it held in its prime.
A vast Latin-cross basilica of four-bay nave and aisles, faced in alternating bands of green, pink and white polychrome marble on its exterior walls, terminating in polygonal apses and side chapels. Dominating the silhouette is Brunelleschi's octagonal, red-brown masonry dome set on a drum and topped by a lantern. A tall, square polychrome bell tower (Giotto's Campanile) stands beside the church and an octagonal baptistery sits adjacent; the west front remains unfinished at this date.
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9 places to explore in 1436.
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