The Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore (English:
Basilica of Saint
Mary of the Flower) is the main church of Florence, Italy.
Il Duomo di Firenze, as it is ordinarily
called, was begun in 1296 in the Gothic
style to the design of Arnolfo di Cambio
and completed structurally in 1436 with the dome engineered by Filippo
Brunelleschi. The exterior of the basilica is faced with polychrome marble panels in various shades of green and pink
bordered by white and has an elaborate 19th-century Gothic Revival façade by Emilio De Fabris.