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Consecrated by Pope Eugenius IV; [1001 Days]
"Florence Cathedral, formally the Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore (...), is the cathedral of Florence, Italy (Italian: Duomo di Firenze). 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. [Wikipedia]