World Heritage: Basilica of Santa Maria Novella
The façade has geometric patterns made from white and green marble. The Florentine Renaissance architect Leon Battista Alberti, designed the upper part of the façade, finished in 1470 (the year is also written on the top of the façade in Roman numerals: MCCCCLXX).
Santa Maria Novella is a Dominican church. It is considered the most important Romano-Gothic church in Tuscany. Its construction started in 1290 and it took almost 200 years to be completed. The Romanesque-Gothic bell tower and the sacristy were completed under the supervision of Friar Iacopo Talenti in 1360.
Its building and decoration was financed by rich Florentine families, several of which were granted the privilege of funerary chapels inside the church.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Maria_Novella
Unesco World Heritage: "Historic Centre of Florence",
dossier 174quater.
World Heritage: Basilica of Santa Maria Novella
The façade has geometric patterns made from white and green marble. The Florentine Renaissance architect Leon Battista Alberti, designed the upper part of the façade, finished in 1470 (the year is also written on the top of the façade in Roman numerals: MCCCCLXX).
Santa Maria Novella is a Dominican church. It is considered the most important Romano-Gothic church in Tuscany. Its construction started in 1290 and it took almost 200 years to be completed. The Romanesque-Gothic bell tower and the sacristy were completed under the supervision of Friar Iacopo Talenti in 1360.
Its building and decoration was financed by rich Florentine families, several of which were granted the privilege of funerary chapels inside the church.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Maria_Novella
Unesco World Heritage: "Historic Centre of Florence",
dossier 174quater.