The Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore (known simply as the Duomo) is not only Florence's religious center, but it's also the city's most recognizable attraction. Occupying the Piazza del Duomo ...

Depicting a bearded man wearing a tunic, the marble statue has adorned one of the Duomo's 135 spires for two centuries. But decades of harsh weather, pollution and the bombings of the Second World ...

Spanning 28 rooms and three floors, the massive Museo dell'Opera del Duomo houses more than 750 works of art covering nearly 720 years of history. In short, it serves to preserve the artistic ...

Built over six centuries, Florence’s cathedral or Duomo is famous above all for Brunelleschi’s huge 15th-century terracotta-tiled cupola, still the biggest masonry dome in the world.

The countdown clock for the Milano-Cortina Winter Olympics is placed in front of the Duomo gothic cathedral in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/) ...

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