The façade of Santa Maria Novella at dusk, completed by Leon Battista Alberti in 1470.

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This image shows the façade of Santa Maria Novella, completed by Leon Battista Alberti in 1470. Santa Maria Novella is a church in Florence, Italy, situated just across from the main railway station which shares its name. Chronologically, it is the first great basilica in Florence, and is the city's principal Dominican church. The church, the adjoining cloister, and chapterhouse contain a store of art treasures and funerary monuments. Especially famous are frescoes by masters of Gothic and early Renaissance. They were financed through the generosity of the most important Florentine families, who ensured themselves of funerary chapels on consecrated ground.

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Size: 5184px × 3456px
Location: Piazza di Santa Maria Novella, Florence, Italy.
Photo credit: © Stuart Robertson / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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