Renaissance Architecture in Florence - Florence Cathedral, Palazzo Pitti, Basilica of Santa Maria Novella, Basilica of San Lorenzo, Florence (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 31. Chapters: Florence Cathedral, Palazzo Pitti, Basilica of Santa Maria Novella, Basilica of San Lorenzo, Florence, Ospedale degli Innocenti, Laurentian Library, Palazzo Rucellai, Santo Spirito, Florence, Loggia dei Lanzi, Santissima Annunziata, Florence, Palazzo Medici Riccardi, Palazzo Strozzi, San Marco, Florence, Sagrestia Vecchia, Pazzi Chapel. Excerpt: The Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore (English: Basilica of Saint Mary of the Flower) is the cathedral church of Florence, Italy. The Duomo, as it is ordinarily called, was begun in 1296 in the Gothic style to the design of Arnolfo di Cambio and completed structurally in 1436 with the dome engineered by Filippo Brunelleschi. The exterior of the basilica is faced with polychrome marble panels in various shades of green and pink bordered by white and has an elaborate 19th century Gothic Revival facade by Emilio De Fabris. The cathedral complex, located in Piazza del Duomo, includes the Baptistery and Giotto's Campanile. The three buildings are part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site covering the historic centre of Florence and are a major attraction to tourists visiting the region of Tuscany. The basilica is one of Italy's largest churches, and until development of new structural materials in the modern era, the dome was the largest in the world. It remains the largest brick dome ever constructed. The cathedral is the mother church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Florence, whose archbishop is currently Giuseppe Betori. The Duomo, as if completed, in a fresco by Andrea di Bonaiuto, painted in the 1390s, before the commencement of the dome The Duomo. Procession outside the cathedral during the 18th century The Duomo and Baptistery of St. John from Piazza del DuomoThe Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore was built on the site of an earlier cathedral dedicated to Saint Reparata. ...