The Florence. Cathedral

August 20
15 mins

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For more than a century, one of Europe's richest cities worked on a building it did not yet know how to finish.

Its designers created an enormous space that seemed impossible to cover, leaving future generations with one of the Middle Ages' greatest engineering challenges.

The solution would require new machines, new construction techniques, and one of history's most brilliant architects.

Learn more about the long and remarkable history of Santa Maria del Fiore, aka the Florence Cathedral, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.


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