Florence's Baptistery

Culture
by Silvia Donati | Tue, 01/26/2021 - 09:03
[Photo credit: Opera di Santa Maria del Fiore.] The prophets, bishops and cherubs depicted in the 14th-century mosaics on the interior walls of Florence’s…
Culture
by Silvia Donati | Tue, 12/10/2019 - 07:43
The three monumental doors of Florence’s Baptistery, bronze and gilded masterpieces of late Medieval/early Renaissance art, have been reunited after almost 30…
Culture
by Silvia Donati | Thu, 07/16/2015 - 01:00
For the first (and only) time, visitors to Florence’s Duomo will be able to admire up-close the monumental rose window of the façade, or “rosone”, designed by…
Lifestyle
by Silvia Donati | Sat, 06/14/2014 - 02:30
If you’re walking around the Florence’s Baptistery and you see colorful, monumental scarves hanging down each side of the iconic building, it is not an…
Culture
by Silvia Donati | Wed, 02/05/2014 - 01:00
Scaffolding operations began last week at the Baptistery of Florence to get the monument ready for restoration work planned on the eight external facades. The…
Culture
by Anonymous (not verified) | Wed, 12/04/2013 - 05:00
The North Doors of Florence’s Baptistery are gilded, just like the famous East Doors, better known as the “Gates of Paradise” doors. The discovery was…