Medieval and modern times : an introduction to the history of western Europe form the dissolution of the Roman empire to the present time . Fig. 67. Cathedral axd BellTower at Florence The church was begun in 1296 and com-pleted in 1436. The great dome built bythe architect Brunelleschi has made hisname famous. It is 300 feet high. Thefayade is modern but after an old bell tower, or campanile, was begunby the celebrated painter Giotto about1335 and completed about fifty years is richly adorned with sculpture andcolored marbles and is considered thefinest structure of the ki
Medieval and modern times : an introduction to the history of western Europe form the dissolution of the Roman empire to the present time . Fig. 67. Cathedral axd BellTower at Florence The church was begun in 1296 and com-pleted in 1436. The great dome built bythe architect Brunelleschi has made hisname famous. It is 300 feet high. Thefayade is modern but after an old bell tower, or campanile, was begunby the celebrated painter Giotto about1335 and completed about fifty years is richly adorned with sculpture andcolored marbles and is considered thefinest structure of the kind in the world Medieval Towns — their Business and Buildings 231 The ancient basilica of St. Peters (Fig. 13) no longer satis-fied the aspirations of the popes. It was gradually torn down,and after many changes of plan the present celebrated churchwith its vast dome and imposing approach (Fig. 68) took its St Petersrebuilt. Fig. 68. St. Peters and the Vatican Palace This is the largest church in the world. It is about 700 feet long, includ-ing the portico, and 435 feet high, from the pavement to the cross on thedome. The reconstruction was begun as early as 1450 but it proceededvery slowly. Several great architects, Bramante, Raphael, MichaelAngelo, and others were intrusted with the work. After many changesof plan the new church was finally in condition to consecrate in is estimated that it cost over $50,000,000. The construction of thevast palace of the popes, which one sees to the right of the church, wascarried on during the same period. It is said to have no less than eleventhousand rooms. Some of them are used for museums and othersare celebrated for the frescoes which adorn their walls, by Raphael,Michael Angelo, and other of Italys greatest artists place. The old palace of the Lateran (Fig. 12), where the The Vaticangovernment of the popes had been carried on for a thousandyears, had been
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