ensuring the church would be “more useful and beautiful, more powerful and honorable” than any other ever built, as the grandees of Florence decreed. The dome of the Cathedral of Santa Maria ...

Quick: Think of the phrase "Florence, Italy." What do you imagine? Is it a church with a gigantic red dome? That's what most people think of. Perhaps you already know its nickname is "Brunelleschi ...

The Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore (known simply as the Duomo) is not only Florence's religious ... straining your neck to see the church's massive, iconic dome and the intricate marble ...

Magnificent temples to wealth were designed across Florence and the largest dome in the world was built ... at face value the teachings of the Church. Now they wanted to study the natural world ...

The United States Coast Guard and the Port of Virginia Maritime Incident Response Team are hosting their 19th annual Todd Dooley Search and Rescue Forum, with more than 200 first responders from 40 ...