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Florence Cathedral  The dome of the cathedral in Florence, Italy, designed and built by the architect Brunelleschi in 1436. It was designed in the style of Roman vaults and is a brick construction for which very little scaffolding was used, as it was important not to disturb the services of the cathedral. | Cathedral (Italian duomo) of Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence, Italy, begun by Arnolfo di Cambio in 1296, and consecrated in 1436, when it was called ‘del Fiore’ (of the flower) either after the name of the city or in reference to the municipal arms, a red lily on a white ground. Its detached campanile (bell tower) was begun by Giotto, and Brunelleschi designed its famous dome. |
| The campanile is 84 m/276 ft high. In front of the duomo is the octagonal baptistery of San Giovanni, the old cathedral (dating from the 5th century; consecrated 1059). |
| Of its three splendid bronze doors one is the work of Andrea Pisano, and the other two, called by Michelangelo in admiration ‘The Gates of Paradise’, are the masterpiece of Lorenzo Ghiberti. |
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| [1] Suggested designers of the panels have ranged from Piero della Francesca to Francesco di Giorgio, but the authors attribute them to the craftsmen of the north sacristy of Florence Cathedral. On a summer day, he said, the Florence cathedral, referred to as the Duomo, has as many as 30,000 to 40,000 tourists, up from 10,000 a day in 1986. Wright explains that the motet is essentially a "spiritual vehicle with a symbolic message," and that the main theme of this message, plainly evident in the verbal text, is the divine unity of the legendary Temple of Solomon and the Virgin Mary, to whom, of course, Florence Cathedral -- as S. |
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