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The dome of the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence, Italy, was completed in 1436. Its supple curves and innovative engineering are a monument to the genius of Filippo Brunelleschi.
The cathedral’s dome, a tour de force of tile, was supposed to be temporary. Instead, it’s lasted more than a century. Now, after a $17 million rehab, it could last a couple hundred more.
MILAN (AP) — A previously unknown terracotta bust of the famed early Renaissance architect who designed the Florence Cathedral dome was unveiled Thursday in the Tuscan capital, where it will be ...
The Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine, affectionately nicknamed St. John the Unfinished, remains without a spire, its south transept, and fully-realized towers.
MONREALE, Italy — The mosaics of a mediaeval cathedral in Sicily, built by the island’s last Norman king, are set to regain their golden lustre thanks to careful restoration work and new lighting.
The dome of the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacramento is viewed from inside the downtown Sacramento cathedral in Sacramento. Sealed off for decades because of acoustic reasons, its interior was ...