One of the places we loved the most while in Florence was Florence Cathedral. It is utterly amazing and unlike any other due to the fact that it is clad entirely in marble.
It also has a beautiful terracotta domed roof, and it is referred to as il Duomo !
The colours and workmanship in the marble are just incredible - and it is a complete work of art to look at. Work started on it in 1296, and wasnt completed until 1436 !
There isnt an angle or space on the cathedral that isnt stunning.
There are three main buildings - the cathederal, Giotto's Campanile (above) and the Baptistery. All of them have the same beautiful marble.
The pic above shows some of the work on the campanile - and the carvings go into fine detail. Its possible to climb both the campanile and the dome - but tickets were sold out while we were there.
The Baptistery is a little different. It reminds me of a biscuit tin, or maybe a teapot without a spout ! However, it is just as beautiful.
It does not have quite the same colours as the cathedral and campanile, but its still a work of art.
As can be seen from the pic taken from the city view point above, the cathedral dominates the Florence sky line, along with the tower from the Palazzo Vecchio (to the left). You can also see the campanile quite clearly.
There are always a lot of crowds around the cathederal (no surprise) and its quite nice with street vendors, street performers, artists and the like, as can be seen above.
You can get inside the cathedral itself for free. There was about a 15min queue, but to be honest, the inside just does not compare to the outside. Inside its quite plain by the standard of Italian cathedrals.
When in the centre of Florence, you can see the cathedral from different places and streets, and it just sort of looms out above everything else - its quite cool to see !
Its one of those places that when in Florence, going to see it once, just isn't enough. We went multiple times, including at night.
And interestingly there are quite a number of other religious buildings in Florence that are also clad in marble, mostly just on the front - so it must have been a local thing !
We loved it - it really is like no other building we've seen, and worth visiting Florence just to see it (although Florence has many other fantastic things to see while there too). I cant recommend it enough if architecture is your thing.
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Wow, what a beautiful cathedral 😊 it looks so massive and truly prominent in the landscape… even between all the other buildings.
Thanks for sharing this post about it.
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Its a stunner of a building - so worth going to see !
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Spectacular! It really is amazing!
Aye - it is pretty awesome indeed !
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Really fantastic to see this work of art cathedral, and no wonder it took over 200 years to complete it, just a bit sad for the folks starting the job to not see it finished, thanks a lot for sharing and stay !ALIVE
Aye, its one heck of an impressive place !
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That is an awesome structure.
Thanks for sharing.
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Aye, its pretty impressive !
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Wow the buildings are so gorgeous!
I wonder why so much energy and time went into making the cathedral?
There is so much labor put into the design. They sure don't make buildings now like they use to.
Maybe they were trying to out do another building.
Thank you for sharing.
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It is one heck on an impressive building - a huge amount of effort and money must have gone into it - certainly trying to impress someone. In anycase, they have built an international landmark that will keep attracting tourists and the like for as long as its there - which is quite an impressive thing to leave behind !
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Wow! That is Beautiful!! Thanks for sharing.
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Its pretty awesome !
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That is absolutely beautiful. You take some great photos. Thank you for sharing them.
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Many thanks, I'm glad you like them !!!
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I was in Florence many years ago. Your beautiful pictures brought back many good memories. Thanks for sharing.
Its some place aint it !!!
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