Santa Reparata, Florence
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Santa Reparata is the former cathedral of Florence, Italy. Its name refers to Saint Reparata, an early virgin martyr who is the co-patron saint of Florence. Florence Cathedral was constructed over it.
Remains of Santa Reparata underneath Florence Cathedral
Statue of Santa Reparata at the central portal of Florence Cathedral
Excavated mosaic pavement
The baptismal font from Santa Reparata was preserved and is on exhibition at the Museo dell'Opera del Duomo.
Florence Cathedral
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Florence Cathedral, formally the Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Flower, is the cathedral of Florence, Italy. It was begun in 1296 in the Gothic style to a design of Arnolfo di Cambio and was structurally completed by 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 façade by Emilio De Fabris.
Brunelleschi's Dome, the nave, and Giotto's Campanile of the Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore as seen from Michelangelo Hill
The Duomo viewed from the heights of Piazzale Michelangelo
The Duomo, as if completed, in a fresco by Andrea di Bonaiuto, painted in the 1360s, before the commencement of the dome
Donatello first version of David (1408–09). Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence. Height 191 cm.