Cathedral Of Santa Maria Del Fiore In Florence, Italy: Detail Of Brunelleschi's Dome Royalty-Free Stock Photography

Detail of Brunelleschi's Dome seen from the mullioned window of Giotto's Bell Tower.The dome is the symbol of Florence, of Renaissance culture, and of all Western humanism. The dome was built to a plan by Filippo Brunelleschi, and is still the largest masonry vault in the world without reinforcements in wood, since none could have sustained a cupola of this size.