The ancient Duomo di Firenze built with polychrome marble panels and Brunelleschi's Dome, Florence, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Tuscany, Italy, Europe

The complex of Duomo di Firenze with ancient Baptistery, Giotto's Campanile and Brunelleschi's Dome, Florence, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Tuscany, Italy, Europe

View of cafe and the Baptistery and Campanile di Giotto, Piazza del Duomo, Florence (Firenze), UNESCO World Heritage Site, Tuscany, Italy, Europe

Campanile di Giotto and cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore (Duomo), UNESCO World Heritage Site, Florence, Tuscany, Italy, Europe

View of the Baptistery and Campanile di Giotto, Piazza del Duomo, Florence (Firenze), UNESCO World Heritage Site, Tuscany, Italy, Europe

The ancient Duomo di Firenze built with polychrome marble panels and Brunelleschi's Dome, Florence, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Tuscany, Italy, Europe

The Duomo (Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore) and the Campanile di Giotto, Florence, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Tuscany, Italy, Europe

The complex of Duomo di Firenze with ancient Baptistery, Giotto's Campanile and Brunelleschi's Dome, Florence, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Tuscany, Italy, Europe

View of the Duomo with Brunelleschi Dome and Basilica di Santa Croce from Piazzale Michelangelo, Florence, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Tuscany, Italy, Europe

The Baptistery and Campanile di Giotto, Piazza del Duomo, Florence (Firenze), UNESCO World Heritage Site, Tuscany, Italy, Europe

View of the Baptistery and Campanile di Giotto, Piazza del Duomo, Florence (Firenze), UNESCO World Heritage Site, Tuscany, Italy, Europe

The Baptistery and Campanile di Giotto, Piazza del Duomo, Florence (Firenze), UNESCO World Heritage Site, Tuscany, Italy, Europe

Brunelleschi's Dome on the Duomo frames the old medieval city of Florence, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Tuscany, Italy, Europe

The Brunelleschi's Dome frames the old medieval city of Florence, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Tuscany, Italy, Europe

View of the Duomo with Brunelleschi Dome and Palazzo Vecchio from Piazzale Michelangelo, Florence, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Tuscany, Italy, Europe

View of the old town of Florence with the Duomo di Firenze and Brunelleschi's Dome in the foreground, Florence, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Tuscany, Italy, Europe

Duomo (Cathedral), Campanile di Giotto, Florence (Firenze), UNESCO World Heritage Site, Tuscany, Italy, Europe

Duomo (Cathedral) and Campanile di Giotto, Florence (Firenze), UNESCO World Heritage Site, Tuscany, Italy, Europe

Duomo (Cathedral) and Campanile di Giotto, Florence (Firenze), UNESCO World Heritage Site, Tuscany, Italy, Europe

Duomo (Cathedral) and Campanile di Giotto, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Florence (Firenze), Tuscany, Italy, Europe

Il Duomo di Firenze, Cathedral of Florence, and campanile bell tower in Piazza di San Giovanni, Tuscany, Italy

Tourists by Il Duomo di Firenze, Cathedral of Florence, and the Baptistry in Piazza di San Giovanni, Tuscany, Italy

Il Duomo di Firenze, Cathedral of Florence, and the Baptistry in Piazza di San Giovanni, Tuscany, Italy

Il Duomo di Firenze, Cathedral of Florence, and campanile bell tower in Piazza di San Giovanni, Tuscany, Italy

Il Duomo di Firenze, Cathedral of Florence, in Piazza di San Giovanni, Tuscany, Italy

Duomo (Cathedral) and Campanile di Giotto, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Florence (Firenze), Tuscany, Italy, Europe

Duomo (Cathedral) and Campanile di Giotto, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Florence (Firenze), Tuscany, Italy, Europe

Duomo (Cathedral) and Campanile di Giotto, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Florence (Firenze), Tuscany, Italy, Europe

Duomo (Cathedral) and Campanile di Giotto, Florence (Firenze), UNESCO World Heritage Site, Tuscany, Italy, Europe

Duomo (Cathedral) and Campanile di Giotto, Florence (Firenze), UNESCO World Heritage Site, Tuscany, Italy, Europe

Florence Baptistery, Fall of Jericho bronze panel, East doors, Gates of Paradise, by Lorenzo Ghiberti, Florence, Italy

Florence Baptistery, bronze East doors, Gates of Paradise, by Lorenzo Ghiberti, Piazza Del Duomo, Florence, Italy

Florence Cathedral, Cattedrale Di Santa Maria Del Fiore, Giotto,??s tower, Florence, Tuscany, Italy

Florence Baptistery, David and Goliath bronze panel, East doors, Gates of Paradise, by Lorenzo Ghiberti, Florence, Italy

Florence Cathedral, mosaic of Jesus Christ above main entrance, Florence, Tuscany, Italy

Statue at main entrance, Florence Cathedral, Cattedrale Di Santa Maria Del Fiore, Florence, Italy

Duomo di Santa Maria del Fiore, view into the cupola, Florence, Tuscany, Italy, Europe

Florence Cathedral, formally the Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore (in English Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Flower) is the cathedral of Florence, Italy, or Il Duomo di Firenze, in Italian. It was begun in 1296 in the Gothic style to a design of Arnolfo di Cambio and was structurally completed by 1436, with the dome designed by Filippo Brunelleschi. The exterior of the basilica is faced with polychrome marble panels in various shades of green and pink, bordered by white, and has an elaborate 19th-century Gothic Revival facade by Emilio De Fabris.