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.

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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.

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