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In an attempt to understand the details of its construction, a local architect has spent over ten years building a house-sized replica.
How did the craftspeople of six centuries ago construct such an extraordinary structure? Read on through our site to solve the riddle.
Explore the riddle
Riddle of the Dome - Transccript
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Can the Renaissance Secrets team unravel the mysteries of Florence Cathedral's dome? Read more : Riddle of the Dome - Transccript
Find out more
Find out more about the cathedral from the Florence Art Guide, which has many links to further information, including on the dome, and Brunelleschi.
The Victoria and Albert Museum site contains information about Daniel Libeskind and the spiral extension.
Students at Rice University (Houston, Texas) have completed projects as web-sites, in particular the project on Renaissance Florence and Tuscany contains some interesting further information.
Further Reading
Brunelleschi
Giovanni Fanelli (Scala 1980)
Mechanical Marvels
Paolo Galluzzi (Giunti, 1997)
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