|  | Main façade
Outside
1871
The original façade, designed by Arnolfo di Cambio and usually attributed to Giotto, was actually begun twenty years after Giotto's death.
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|  | Dome (1)
Outside
between 1420 and 1436
By the beginning of the fifteenth century, the drum of the church was built. However, the 42 meter wide space above the church's chancel still did not have the planned octagonal cupola, even though a brick model from 1367 already existed (as related in the "Life of Brunelleschi" by Antonio Manetti, ca. 1480).
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|  | Battistero (20)
Battistero
Baptistère
Lieux de culte - between the Vth and the XIIIrd century
La tradition prétend que ce lieu de culte, aujourd'hui dédié à saint Jean Baptiste - saint patron de Florence -, est un ancien temple romain dédié au dieu Mars.
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|  | Campanile
Outside
between 1334 and 1359
Giotto, premier architecte du Campanile qui dirigera le chantier de 1334 à 1337 - année de sa mort - n'exécutera que le registre sculpté inférieur de l'édifice. Il est composé de sept panneaux hexagonaux sur les cotés ouest, sud et est, représentant la marche de l'homme vers la perfection. Le chiffre de sept est le symbole biblique cet objectif.
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