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27/12/2021

Following a reduction in staff due to the pandemic, the Duomo could be closed to tourists. Access for worship is always guaranteed.

08/01/2022

From Monday 10 January to access the monuments it is MANDATORY to show the reinforced Green Pass certification.

Tickets of those who cannot access because they do not have it will not be refunded.

04/08/2021

All our monuments are open every day except the Cathedral and its terraces that on Sundays are closed for liturgical reasons.

04/08/2021

Important notice: users are advised to be wary of unofficial websites that resell tickets for the Florence Cathedral.

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A single great complex comprising the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore, Brunelleschi's Dome, Giotto's Bell Tower, the Baptistery of San Giovanni, the Ancient Basilica of Santa Reparata and the Opera del Duomo Museum.

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Guided tours, panoramic tours and exclusive routes designed to admire the monuments of Piazza Duomo from unusual points of view, discover their curiosities and appreciate in detail the works that are part of it.

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Virtual tour of the bell tower and dome

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Tour to discover the monumental complex

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Opera Magazine

The stained glass windows of the drum of the dome of Santa Maria del Fiore

History, analysis and meanings of eight masterpieces of light from the Florentine Renaissance

The Opera di Santa Maria del Fiore has donated a 1: 1 scale photographic reproduction of the Gates of Paradise by Lorenzo Ghiberti (1425-52) on the occasion of the exhibition "I Am Dostoevsky"

Monsters, grotesque and bizarre figures

A variety of "curious intruders" popular the outside the monuments of the opera di Santa Maria del Fiore

Discovering Leonardo: da Vinci’s traces in the Opera of Santa Maria del Fiore

How one of the most important genius in history has left traces of his creative mind: Leonardo da Vinci and his presence ...

Dostoevskij and his came true dream of the Florentine Gates of Paradise

On the occasion of the 200th anniversary of his birth, the Opera di Santa Maria del Fiore donates an image of the Gates ...

The bells of Giotto's bell tower will not ring from 8 to 26 November 2021 to allow the rotation of the Major Bell called “Campanone”

The Bell Tower will close to the public on 8, 9, 25 and 26 November

"Sonus" is born, the first series on musical iconography present in Italian museums:

an innovative project conceived and curated by Professor Barbara Aniello of the Pontifical Gregorian University

The restoration of Michelangelo's Pietà

A technical note by the restorer Paola Rosa

How many "faces" has the Cathedral of Florence had?

Brief history of the facade of Santa Maria del Fiore, from its origins to the present day