El Duomo The Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore (Saint Mary of the Flower) Lauren Sanchez.

El DuomoThe Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore

(Saint Mary of the Flower)

Lauren Sanchez

Location

• Florence, Italy

What’s there?

• Brunelleschi's Dome

• Giotto's Bell Tower

• The Baptistry of San Giovanni

• The Crypt of Santa Reparata inside Florence

Cathedral

• The Museum of the Opera di Santa Maria del

Fiore

Brunelleschi’s Dome• 1418, Brunelleschi enters

competition to design dome

• Dome was constructed from

1420-1436

• The Lantern was completed in

1471 after Brunelleschi dies

• 2 domes: one made of marble

and sandstone, one made of

brick-and-mortar

Inside the Dome

Construction of the Dome• http://youtu.be/TQ8F_yPwqzA

Giotto's Bell Tower

• Made of white, red,

and green marble

• Giotto worked from

1334-1337

• Completed in 1359

• 414 steps to climb

• 276ft high

Ghiberti’s Doors

• “Gates of Paradise”

• Gilt bronze

• 1425-1452

• Removed from

Baptistery in 1990

Rules• Appropriate clothing is required, no bare arms/shoulders

or bare legs

• Please be quiet

• Please turn your mobile phones off

• Do not eat nor drink

• Pets are not allowed

• Works of art must not be touched

• No smoking

• Please don't use flash or tripod

Sources• http://smarthistory.khanacademy.org/brunelleschis-dome.html

• http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/media/duo

mo/?ar_a=

1

• http://www.museumflorence.com

• http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2014/02/il-duomo/panoram

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interactive

• http://www.artic.edu/aic/exhibitions/ghiberti/themes.html

• http://www.topsightseeing.com/italy/florence/topsights/

duomo.htm