Giotto’s Campanile is not connected to the Duomo, it is a masterpiece of Gothic architecture, split into five levels. The exterior features polychrome marble decoration in brilliant white, red and green. The sc...
The most renowned is the eastern door which lead to the Duomo, the fully Renaissance masterpiece of Lorenzo Ghiberti, was made in the year 1425 - 1452 (the original door is preserved in the Museo dell’Opera del...
The apse is decorated with golden mosaics with images of Christ, the Virgin Mary, the apostles and angels, unfortunately it is under restoration and it’s covered.
Its form is octagonal and the exterior is clad in white marble and green Prato marble, covered by a dome of eight segments resting on perimetral walls.
One of Florence’s most important religious buildings, it is a characteristic example of the Tuscan Romanesque style. Such a large building was required because vast crowds attended the baptism, which in those d...
726 years of service by the commission, home to the largest collection of sculptures from Florence Renaissance in the world, more than 750 original works of art and some of the original construction tools, set ...