Quick: Think of the phrase "Florence, Italy." What do you imagine? Is it a church with a gigantic red dome? That's what most people think of. Perhaps you already know its nickname is "Brunelleschi ...
ensuring the church would be “more useful and beautiful, more powerful and honorable” than any other ever built, as the grandees of Florence decreed. The dome of the Cathedral of Santa Maria ...
The Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore (known simply as the Duomo) is not only Florence's religious ... straining your neck to see the church's massive, iconic dome and the intricate marble ...