Containing the Door of the Canonici on its south side, it was finally consecrated by Eugene IV, roughly 140 years after it was begun under the direction of Arnolfo di Cambio, though it took until 1420 for construction to start on the two-layered octagonal shell structure that crowns it.
A triangularly-framed marble relief of the Assumption done for this structure was the final work of Nanni di Banco, positioned over the Door of the Mandorla that serves as its north entrance. Containing the Door of the Canonici on its south side, it was finally consecrated by Eugene IV, roughly 140 years after it was begun under the direction of Arnolfo di Cambio, though it took until 1420 for construction to start on the two-layered octagonal shell structure that crowns it. FTP, name this cathedral best known for its cupola designed by Filippo Brunelleschi.
A triangularly-framed marble relief of the Assumption done for this structure was the final work of Nanni di Banco, positioned over the Door of the Mandorla that serves as its north entrance.
{Florence Cathedral} or {Santa Maria del Fiore} or Il {Duomo}