On this tempestuous note began the building of Il Cupolone (the Big Dome), a monumental ... Like a presiding spirit, the cathedral—duomo in Italian—keeps watch over the streetscapes of ...

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 ...

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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 ...