Florence Cathedral

Florence Cathedral
Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Flower
Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore Duomo di Firenze (Italian) Cathedral Sanctae Mariae Floris (Latin)
Brunelleschi's Dome, the nave, and Giotto's Campanile of the Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore as seen from Michelangelo Hill
Florence Cathedral Location in Florence, Italy
43°46′23″N 11°15′25″E / 43.77306°N 11.25694°E / 43.77306; 11.25694
Location	Florence, Tuscany
Country	Italy
Denomination	Catholic Church
Tradition	Latin Church
Website	Duomo Firenze
History
Status	Cathedral, minor basilica
Consecrated	1436
Architecture
Architect(s)	Arnolfo di Cambio Filippo Brunelleschi Emilio De Fabris
Architectural type	Church
Style	Gothic, Romanesque, Renaissance
Groundbreaking	9 September 1296
Completed	1436
Specifications
Length	153 m (502 ft)
Width	90 m (300 ft)
Nave width	38 m (125 ft)
Height	114.5 m (376 ft)
Floor area	8,300 m2 (89,000 sq ft)
Materials	Marble, brick
Administration
Archdiocese	Archdiocese of Florence
Clergy
Archbishop	Gherardo Gambelli
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Official name	Historic Centre of Florence
Type	Cultural
Criteria	i, ii, iii, iv, vi
Designated	1982 (6th session)
Reference no.	174
Region	Europe and North America

Florence Cathedral (Italian: Duomo di Firenze), formally the Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Flower (Italian: Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore [katteˈdraːle di ˈsanta maˈriːa del ˈfjoːre]), is the cathedral of the Catholic Archdiocese of Florence. Commenced in 1296 in the Gothic style to a design of Arnolfo di Cambio and structurally completed by 1436 with the dome engineered by Filippo Brunelleschi;^[1] the basilica's exterior is faced with polychrome marble panels in various shades of green and pink, bordered by white, and features an elaborate 19th-century Gothic Revival (west) façade by Emilio De Fabris.

The cathedral complex, in Piazza del Duomo, includes the Baptistery and Giotto's Campanile. These three buildings are part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site covering the historic centre of Florence and are a major tourist attraction of Tuscany. The basilica is one of Italy's largest churches and its dome, when first built back in the 15th century, was the largest ever built in western Europe. Although it was later overtaken by St Peter's Basilica, it still remains the largest dome ever constructed of bricks. The cathedral is the mother church of the Archdiocese of Florence, whose archbishop is Gherardo Gambelli.^[2]