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detail of lantern

The Santa Maria Del Fiore Cathedral dome (Il Duomo)(background) and base of the Campanile (foreground). Florence, Italy. The dome is difficult to photograph due to the proximity of surrounding buildings. The design of the dome was awarded in 1421 to Filippo Brunelleschi, a goldsmith by training, in a competition. It took 14 years to build.

The diameter of the dome is 45.4 m, its apex is 90 m above the floor and is capped with a 26 m high lantern. The dome, built on an octagonal drum, consists of inner and outer shells and is Gothic in form. It is considered one of the masterpieces of engineering.

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Edition Lidiarte GmbH
poster 59x84cm: No. AP_363 >>

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Edition Lidiarte GmbH
poster 69x100cm: No. AP_544 >>

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Edition Lidiarte GmbH
poster 70x100cm: No. AP_213 >>

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Markus Golser
No. MG050218

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Markus Golser
No. MG050219

Cathedral Santa Maria del Fiore

building type

church

involved parties

Filippo Brunelleschi (architecture)
Arnolfo di Cambio (architecture)
Giotto di Bondone (architecture)
Michelozzo di Bartolomneo (architecture)
Bernardo Rossellino (architecture)
Francesco Talenti (architecture)
Antonio Manetti (architecture)

address

Italy
Staat
Tuscany
state (first-order administrative division)
Florence FI
province
Florence
city
Piazza del Duomo
street

map/aerial view

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time line

period	description
1296–1472	planning and construction period
from 1420	Bau der Kuppel durch Brunelleschi

description

Wikipedia article

keywords

links

Campanile
baptistery
Fassade des Domes

reference

Florenz
Baptisterium, Dom und Campanile
B. Reineke
Schnell & Steiner
Florenz
Baptisterium, Dom und Campanile
B. Reineke
Schnell & Steiner
Florenz
Baptisterium, Dom und Campanile
B. Reineke
Schnell & Steiner
Die Kuppel Brunelleschis
Geschichte und Zukunft eines großen Bauwerks
G. Fanelli, M. Fanelli
Schnell & Steiner
Brunelleschi's Dome
How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture
R. King
Penguin Books; 2001
Die große Kuppel von Florenz
T. Krämer
Verlag Freies Geistesleben; 2001
Kuppeln
aller Zeiten - aller Kulturen
J. Schlaich, E. Heinle
DVA; 1996
Florenz
M. Wundram
Reclam; 1993
- Kunst- und Architekturführer
article in: Florenz
M. Wundram
Reclam; 1993
page 70–84
On the forms, sources and inventions of Florence Cathedral's dome by Brunelleschi and Palazzo Massimo by Peruzzi
in: Nihon Kenchiku Gakkai keikakukei ronbun hokoku shu | Journal of architecture, planning and environmental engineering (Transactions of AIJ), 11/1991,429
T. Ansano
page 175–182
Ein Dach wird Weltarchitektur, Die Domkuppel des Brunelleschi
in: Deutsches Architektenblatt (DAB), 5/1989
H.-E. Haverkampf
page 705–712
Brunelleschi's dome
in: The Architectural Review, 1977,967
R. J. Mainstone
page 156–166
Una nuova data per la Cupola del Brunelleschi
in: Prospettiva, 1977,11
F. Falletti, L. Paolini
page 57–58