Opera magazine
Oddities
Oddities
2024-02-26
The floor of Santa Maria del Fiore: the marble carpet for the Grand Duke's Cathedral
One of the lesser-known wonders of the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore is its floor: history, curiosities and reasons ...
Oddities
2024-01-12
The Dome of Brunelleschi and the curse of lightning: a story lasting four centuries
Attracted by the Golden Ball of Verrocchio, dozens of electrical jolts rained down on the Cathedral. Many of these events ...
Discovering the series of huge statues that adorn the interior of the Cathedral, by the best sculptors of the Florentine ...
Masterpiece of silver, gold and enamels of Gothic and Renaissance art