Florence – Italy

The city of Florence, Italy in the the 15th century was home to the Renaissance.

Baptistery of Florence

The Baptistery of Florence or the Baptistery of Saint John octagonal baptistery, constructed between 1059 and 1128 in the Florentine Romanesque style making it one of the oldest building in the city.

Baptistery of Florence

It has eight equal sides  originally constructed in sandstone, it presents  geometrically patterned colored marble, white Carrara marble with green Prato marble inlay.

Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore

The Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore (Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Flower) began its construction in 1296 in the Gothic style with the design of Arnolfo di Cambio, later in 1436 under  the dome was engineered and constructed under Filippo Brunelleschi.

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.

Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore

The Palazzo Vecchio is the town hall of Florence, Italy. The cubical building is made of solid rusticated stonework, with two rows of two-lighted Gothic windows

Palazzo Vecchio

Ponte Vecchio  was the only bridge across the Arno in Florence until 1218.  The current bridge was rebuilt after a flood in 1345. During World War II it was the only bridge across the Arno that the fleeing Germans did not destroy.

Ponte Vecchio
Ponte Vecchio

The Church of Orsanmichele, the building was constructed on the site of the kitchen garden of the monastery of San Michele, which no longer exists.

Church of Orsanmichele
Church of Orsanmichele

 

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