florence cathedral dome Archives - ToursMaps.com ® http://toursmaps.com/tag/florence-cathedral-dome Thu, 08 Sep 2016 13:02:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0.9 FLORENCE CATHEDRAL ITALY http://toursmaps.com/florence-cathedral-italy.html http://toursmaps.com/florence-cathedral-italy.html#respond Thu, 08 Sep 2016 18:59:20 +0000 http://toursmaps.com/?p=221093 1296-1436 CATHEDRAL FLORENCE, ITALY VARIOUS ARCHITECTS Florence was one of the richest cities of late medieval Italy. At the end of the 13th century, the city council decided to replace the old church of Santa Reparata with a large new cathedral. They appointed an architect, Arnolfo di Cambio, and work began in 1296, but construction was interrupted when Arnolfo died in 1310. In the 1330s work on the building continued under a succession of different architects, including the great artist Giotto. In the following decades the cathedral slowly grew until most of the main structure was complete except for the

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