This Renaissance 'superdome' took more than 100 years to build. Florence's Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore astonished the world with its colossal dome ingeniously designed by Filippo Brunelleschi.

Begun in the medieval era, in 1296, the Florence cathedral is mostly Gothic, with pointed arches and angular vertical spaces. By the time Brunelleschi began work on the dome 124 years later, the ...

The history of wine windows in Florence. In Florence, wine windows got their start in 1559, when Cosimo I de’ Medici, the first Grand Duke of Tuscany, decreed noble families could sell excess ...

Explore Italy’s Tuscany region and see sights like the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence. However, there are more cultural sites, markets, and green spaces tourists should consider ...