For 50 years the crossing of Florence Cathedral stood open to the sky until Filippo Brunelleschi’s herringbone brickwork and sandstone chains let the dome build itself, course by course, from 1420 to 1436.
For 50 years the crossing of Florence Cathedral stood open to the sky until Filippo Brunelleschi’s herringbone brickwork and sandstone chains let the dome build itself, course by course, from 1420 to 1436.