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The Santa Maria del Fiore cathedral in Florence possesses the largest brick dome in the world, [2] [3] and is considered a masterpiece of European architecture.. Filippo di ser Brunellesco di Lippo Lapi (1377 – 15 April 1446), commonly known as Filippo Brunelleschi (/ ˌ b r uː n ə ˈ l ɛ s k i / BROO-nə-LESK-ee; Italian: [fiˈlippo brunelˈleski]) and also nicknamed Pippo by Leon ...
The basilica is one of world's largest churches and its dome is still the largest masonry dome ever constructed. The cathedral is the mother church of the Archdiocese of Florence , whose archbishop is Gherardo Gambelli .
Florence Cathedral: Florence, Italy City-state of Florence: Largest brick and mortar dome in the world. First double-dome structure of the Renaissance. Octagonal dome. Architect Filippo Brunelleschi. [8] 1871 – 1873 56.5 × 66.9 185 + 1 ⁄ 3 × 219 + 1 ⁄ 3: Royal Albert Hall: London, United Kingdom Lucas Brothers: Wrought iron and glazed ...
View of the dome of Florence Cathedral from Giotto's Campanile. Filippo Brunelleschi was a leading figure of the early Florentine Renaissance. Initially active as a sculptor, he turned to architecture in the first decade of the 15th century, taking advantage of his travels to Rome to refine his observations on the architecture of ancient ...
Architect Notes Church of Santa Trinita: 1250–1380: Santa Maria Novella and convent: 1278–1360: Fra' Sisto da Firenze and Fra' Ristoro da Campi: Belltower of Badia Fiorentina: c. 1285: Arnolfo di Cambio: Basilica of Santa Croce and convent: from 1294: Arnolfo di Cambio (attribution) and others: Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore: 1296–1421
Dome of the Florence Cathedral. The transition from Gothic to Renaissance architecture coincides with the construction of the dome of the Florence Cathedral, carried out by Filippo Brunelleschi between 1420 and 1436. The Cathedral, built by Arnolfo di Cambio, was left unfinished by the end of the 14th century; it had a huge hole at the centre ...
Francesco Talenti (c. 1300 – aft. 1369) was a Tuscan architect and sculptor who worked mainly in Florence after 1351. He is mentioned working at Orvieto Cathedral in 1325. In the 1350s he completed the two middle storeys of Giotto's Campanile , and two doorways, the Porta dei Cornacchini and the Porta del Campanile, respectively in the north ...
Arnolfo di Cambio [1] (c. 1240 – 1300/1310 [2]) was an Italian architect and sculptor of the Duecento, who began as a lead assistant to Nicola Pisano. He is documented as being capomaestro or Head of Works for Florence Cathedral in 1300, [3] and designed the sixth city wall around Florence (1284–1333).