Talk:Duomo of Florence
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Can anyone figure out if it's Santa Maria del Fiore or Santa Maria dei Fiori ("of the flower" vs. "of the flowers")? I thought it was the latter, and Google gives lots of hits for both. - Montréalais
It is the former (Santa Maria del Fiore) in all the books I have seen having researched the dome of it for a paper - 24.5.100.229
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[edit] size
i cant find out how big it is anywhere!
My art teacher said it was 106 ft high.
[edit] spelling
In "transcribe a circle on a kone face", is "kone" an obscure architectural term, or should it be corrected to "cone"? Wdfarmer 04:16, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
- Must be the work of some vandal. I've changed it to "cone". JoJan 11:40, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] wrong info
I cut this sentence about the dome: One obscure architect at the time even proposed to fill the Duomo with soil before the dome was built so that it could be built on top of the shaped dirt (it was not yet known how to build a dome with that much weight and magnitude). When asked how to get the dirt out, it was proposed that the city should fill the dirt with coins and the paupers would eventually empty the dome.
This is popular legend about the Pantheon in Rome, which has a large dome too. The exact description of the legend can be found in this book: Guida all'Italia leggendaria, misteriosa, insolita e leggendaria, Volume 4 (Lazio, Rome section), Oscar Mondadori, Verona, 1971 --82.104.171.102 12:26, 7 June 2006 (UTC) oops I was not logged on --Sailko 12:27, 7 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] title
Isn't this best known as the "Florence Duomo", or some such? I've been in Florence twice (most recently, er, yesterday), and I've never heard its proper name before. john k 02:40, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
- "Santa Maria del Fiore" is the official name of the Duomo. Any other name would only lead to confusion. JoJan 16:41, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
- Whuh? How would Florence Duomo or Duomo of Florence possibly lead to any confusion? There is only one Duomo in Florence. Wikipedia naming conventions specify that we use the "most common name", not the "official name". john k 19:17, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
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- Surely it should be either Duomo di Firenze or Florence Cathedral? I'd be in favour of the latter: use English.--Stonemad GB 09:03, 26 September 2006 (UTC)
I agree that this si a weird name for the page. It should be called the Florence Duomo or something like that. I lived in Florence, was in the duomo piazza every day, and i have never heard it called Santa Maria del fiore. Frithjh 03:57, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Design
I've scanned through the article, but I didn't find any mention of Arnolfo's interesting design. Most churches are designed in the shape of a cross with the nave, 2 transepts, and apse. However, Arnolfo went a step further. When he designed the cathedral, he put 5 chapels in each of the transepts and the apse, so if looking at a blueprint, it resembles a flower. . .florence, santa maria del fiore, flower. . .
- I cannot find any reference to this. But if you have, then add this information to the article, stating your reference(s). JoJan 14:42, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] History
The article says that Arnolfo's original design was reduced in size--actually, it was increased in size. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 86.42.128.37 (talk • contribs).
