. Florence and her treasures. IL j 1: fMha JfeH* -I; CHURCH OF S. MARIA NOVELLA 85 Belle Donne, is the picturesque old granite column sur-mounted by a crucifix known as the Croce al Trebbio, datingfro: 1 the fourteenth century. The northern end of the piazza is occupied by the hand-some facade of the Church of Santa Maria Novella, thechief Dominican edifice in Florence, and a fine example ofTuscan-Gothic architecture. It was begun in 1278 fromthe designs of the Dominican friars Fra Sisto, Fra Ristoro,and Fra Giovanni da Campi, and was continued by JacopoTalenti, who completed the body of the c
. Florence and her treasures. IL j 1: fMha JfeH* -I; CHURCH OF S. MARIA NOVELLA 85 Belle Donne, is the picturesque old granite column sur-mounted by a crucifix known as the Croce al Trebbio, datingfro: 1 the fourteenth century. The northern end of the piazza is occupied by the hand-some facade of the Church of Santa Maria Novella, thechief Dominican edifice in Florence, and a fine example ofTuscan-Gothic architecture. It was begun in 1278 fromthe designs of the Dominican friars Fra Sisto, Fra Ristoro,and Fra Giovanni da Campi, and was continued by JacopoTalenti, who completed the body of the church about theyear 1350. It is 325 ft. long, 93 ft. wide, and 202 ft. broadat the transepts. The slender campanile with its series ofarcaded windows is attributed to Jacopo Talenti in 1334. Theornate facade of black and white marbles is chiefly the workof Leon-Battista Alberti, completed at the expense of Gio-vanni Rucellai (1470), whose heraldic emblem of an antiqueship in full sail can be observed in the scheme of Albertis
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