(Brunelleschi is renowned as the architect ... who had left Florence during a brief outbreak of the plague, that the Baptistery in Florence was commissioning a second set of bronze doors.

Indeed, Brunelleschi’s life seemed to have been one long apprenticeship for building the dome of unequaled beauty, usefulness, honor, and power that Florence yearned for. The original gilded ...

The cathedral complex, known as Piazza del Duomo, includes the Campanile by Italian art master Giotto; and Baptistery. This ...

Plus, Florence is well-located for some ... structures – the church interior and museum, the Baptistery of St. John (separate ...