Florence Cathedral (Santa Maria del Fiore)
About Florence Cathedral (Santa Maria del Fiore)
Florence Cathedral, formally the Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Flower, is the cathedral of the Catholic Archdiocese of Florence in Florence, Italy. Commenced in 1296 in the Gothic style to a design of Arnolfo di Cambio and completed by 1436 with a dome engineered by Filippo Brunelleschi, the basilica's exterior is faced with polychrome marble panels in various shades of green and pink, alternated by white, and features an elaborate 19th-century Gothic Revival western façade by Emilio De Fabris.
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At the moment it's outside the huge entrance of the Duomo Cathedral in Florence, really prominent place and the committee decided to put it there but Leonardo da Vinci was on that committee and he suggested that they put it in a little niche on the side of a much less well-known.
from 61: No Such Thing As Jesus's Magic Wand, 2015-05-15 at 00:39:43 · read transcript
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