In 1418 the town fathers of Florence finally addressed ... to shape the dome’s masonry? And could a dome be built at all on the octagonal floor plan dictated by the existing walls—eight ...

Father Giuseppe Pagano is furious. The 65-year-old Augustinian friar and his three fellow monks, who have dedicated their ...

Its circular plan and robust concrete make it inherently ... When Filippo Brunelleschi conceived the dome of the Florence Cathedral, he traveled to Rome to learn from its timeless geometry.

Then you have time to plan some day trips to neighboring ... where you can see Brunelleschi’s Dome.) Both of these are ...

So Pagano has enlisted the support of “Salviamo Firenze” or “Save Florence,” a group set up to protect the city from overtourism, which has vowed to join the monks in protest, with plans ...