The view from Piazzale Michelangelo over to the historic city of Florence with the dome of Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore (Duomo) lit up, Florence, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Tuscany, Italy, Europe

Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore (Duomo), Florence, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Tuscany, Italy, Europe

Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore (Duomo), Florence, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Tuscany, Italy, Europe

Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore (Duomo), UNESCO World Heritage Site, Florence, Tuscany, Italy, Europe

Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore (Duomo) and skyline of the city of Florence, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Tuscany, Italy, Europe

The Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta, Duomo di Como, located near Lake Como, Lombardy, Italy, Europe

The view from Piazzale Michelangelo over to the historic city of Florence with the dome of Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore (Duomo) lit up, Florence, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Tuscany, Italy, Europe

Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore (Duomo), Florence, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Tuscany, Italy, Europe

Duomo di Santa Maria Assunta, Urbino, Marche, Italy, Europe

The Cathedral (Duomo) (Cattedrale Metropolitana di Santa Maria del Fiore), Florence, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Tuscany, Italy, Europe

Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore (Duomo) in Florence, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Tuscany, Italy, Europe

Duomo di Santa Maria Assunta, Piazza dei Miracoli, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Pisa, Tuscany, Italy, Europe

The Cathedral (Duomo) (Cattedrale Metropolitana di Santa Maria del Fiore), Florence, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Tuscany, Italy, Europe

Urbino Cathedral (Duomo di Urbino) (Cattedrale Metropolitana di Santa Maria Assunta), Urbino, Marche, Italy, Europe

Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore (Duomo), Florence, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Tuscany, Italy, Europe

View of Duomo di Santa Maria Assunta and coastline, Port of Ischia, Island of Ischia, Campania, Italy, Europe

View of Duomo di Santa Maria Assunta and coastline, Port of Ischia, Island of Ischia, Campania, Italy, Europe

View of Duomo di Santa Maria Assunta and coastline at dusk, Port of Ischia, Island of Ischia, Campania, Italy, Europe

View of Duomo di Santa Maria Assunta and coastline at dusk, Port of Ischia, Island of Ischia, Campania, Italy, Europe

Capella Colleoni, Chapel of Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore in Piazza Duomo at Citta Alta (Old Town), Bergamo, Lombardy, Italy, Europe

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

Detail of the church of Santa Maria Annunciata in Camposanto, a Catholic place of worship, incorporated within the Veneranda Fabbrica del Duomo , behind Milan Cathedral (Duomo di Milano), Milan, Lombardy, Italy, Europe

Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta (Duomo di Spoleto) (Saint Mary's Assumption Cathedral), Spoleto, Umbria, Italy, Europe

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

Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore (Duomo), Florence, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Tuscany, Italy, Europe

Tourists photographThe Leaning Tower of Pisa, Torre pendente di Pisa, campanile bell tower and Cathedral of Santa Maria, Pisa, Italy

The Leaning Tower of Pisa, Torre pendente di Pisa, campanile freestanding bell tower and the Cathedral of Santa Maria, Pisa, Italy

The Leaning Tower of Pisa, Torre pendente di Pisa, campanile freestanding bell tower and the Cathedral of Santa Maria, Pisa, Italy

Facade of Duomo di Santa Maria Assunta, Piazza dei Miracoli, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Pisa, Tuscany, Italy, Europe

Duomo di Santa Maria Assunta, Piazza dei Miracoli, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Pisa, Tuscany, Italy, Europe

Apse of Monreale Cathedral, Monreale, near Palermo, Sicily, Italy

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

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

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

Cathedral, Duomo Santa Maria Maggiore, Como, Lake Como, Lombardy, Italy

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

Choir and altar, Milan Cathedral, Milan, Lombardy, Italy, Europe

Indoor view of the Duomo, Cathedral of Rieti, official name Cattedrale di Santa Maria Madre di Dio, Cattedrale dell'Assunta, begun in 1109, consecrated in 1225, radical baroque renovation in 1639, Rieti, Latium, Italy, Europe

Altar, floor mosaic, Milan Cathedral, Milan, Lombardy, Italy, Europe

Ponte Pietra bridge with Verona Cathedral, Cattedrale di Santa Maria Matricolare or Duomo di Verona at night, Verona, Veneto, Italy, Europe

Belltower, Duomo di Santa Maria Assunta, Valdobbiadene, Veneto, Italy, Europe

Cathedral Santa Maria Assunta and Leaning tower, Pisa, Tuscany, Italien

Duomo di Siena, Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta cathedral, Siena, Tuscany, Italy, Europe

Altar, Milan Cathedral, Milan, Lombardy, Italy, Europe

Cathedral of Brixen, Duomo di Santa Maria Assunta e San Cassiano, Piazza Duomo, Brixen, Bressanone, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy, Europe

Duomo di Santa Maria Assunta, Valdobbiadene, Veneto, Italy, Europe

Verona Cathedral, Duomo or Cattedrale di Santa Maria Matricolare, Verona, 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.

Apse of Monreale Cathedral, Palermo, Sicily, Italy