Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore
Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore (Duomo)
Filippo Brunelleschi's dome, as seen from the Campanile on a very rainy day. It was quite a feat of engineering in its day, which required Brunelleschi to invent the modern crane. Most of Europe's great domes, including St. Peter's in Rome, were built using Brunelleschi's methods.

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