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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 o
Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore – Il Duomo di Firenze
The 19th century Neo-Gothic façade
The Cathedral as depicted in the Codex Rustici of 1447
The Duomo, as if completed, in a fresco by Andrea di Bonaiuto, painted in the 1360s, before the commencement of the dome
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Florence is the capital and most populous city of the Italian region of Tuscany, and, as of 2026, with a population of 361,625, the 8th most populous city in the country. It is also the capital of the
Florence Cathedral
…the Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Flower (Italian: Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore ), 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…
View of Florence from Piazzale Michelangelo; the dome of Florence Cathedral and the tower of Palazzo Vecchio are visible in the distance.
The Goth King Totila razes the walls of Florence during the Gothic War: illumination from the Chigi manuscript of Villani's Cronica
View of Florence by Hartmann Schedel, published in 1493
Painting based on an original from the late 15th century, attributed to Francesco di Lorenzo Rosselli