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Watch LECTURE 1 "The Great Cathedral Complex: Florence Baptistry and Cathedral"

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LECTURE 1 "The Great Cathedral Complex: Florence Baptistry and Cathedral"

1h 22m

Dr. Rocky Ruggiero

The Baptistery is one of the oldest monuments in Florence and one of Italy’s most important examples of Tuscan Romanesque architecture. We shall also examine the cathedral of Florence, named Santa Maria del Fiore, which is the religious center of the great medieval city and for two centuries was the largest church in Christendom. We will explore the vast architecture of the great cathedral and analyze the engineering marvels that made both the church and Brunelleschi’s great crowning dome possible.

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