Top 10 Top 10 Architectural Highlights
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1. The Dome of Florence’s Duomo
Brunelleschi’s ingenious double-shell dome revived the genius of ancient builders to kick-start Renaissance architecture (see The Duomo Group, Florence).
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2. Florence’s Santa Maria Novella
Alberti’s mathematically precise Renaissance façade contrasts with the textbook Italian Gothic interior.
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3. Florence’s Palazzo Vecchio
Arnolfo di Cambio’s asymmetrical masterpiece of Gothic civic architecture.
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4. Florence’s Santo Spirito
Brunelleschi’s perfectly proportioned interior set the Renaissance standard.
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5. Pisa’s Duomo Group
Beautiful assemblage of Pisan-Romanesque buildings using grey-and-white marble bands, blind arcades, and stacked loggias (see Campo dei Miracoli, Pisa).
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6. Pisa’s Santa Maria della Spina
Jewel of a Gothic church: all pointy arches, spires and statuettes.
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7. Montepulciano’s Tempio di San Biagio
High Renaissance masterpiece of proportion (see Montepulciano).
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8. Pienza’s Piazza Pio II
Perfectly planned Renaissance town centre (see Pienza).
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9. Sant’Antimo
Gorgeous French-style Romanesque Cistercian abbey in the countryside (see Sant’Antimo) .
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10. San Gimignano
Best-preserved medieval hill town, complete with 14 stone towers (see San Gimignano).
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