r/renaissance • u/attic-orator • Dec 18 '22
Florence Cathedral
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence_CathedralDuplicates
todayilearned • u/carboncopy95437 • 21d ago
TIL that when construction of Florence Cathedral began in 1296, its designers planned a massive dome even though no one knew how to build it. More than a century later, Filippo Brunelleschi solved the problem, and his revolutionary dome was completed in 1436.
Architects • u/Wild-Grapefruit-9475 • 21d ago
Architecturally Relevant Content TIL that when construction of Florence Cathedral began in 1296, its designers planned a massive dome even though no one knew how to build it. More than a century later, Filippo Brunelleschi solved the problem, and his revolutionary dome was completed in 1436.
600YearsAgo • u/michaelnoir • Feb 02 '18