A Preview
"Now you're right underneath it. The Duomo — Santa Maria del Fiore — wrapped in green, white, and pink marble, with a bell tower beside it in the same candy stripes. Look past the fancy front, up to the top. That dome. Brick-red, enormous, the thing you can see from every hill around the city. It is the largest masonry dome ever built."
Hear the full story in the app — narrated and timed to play right where you're standing.
The Reveal
This stop is part of the tour’s larger story. An optional reveal at the end lets you revisit which details stayed perfectly honest and which got a little extra help.
Tour Stops
Follow the full Florence in a Mile route.
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Galleria dell'Accademia — The David
- 3 Palazzo Medici Riccardi
- 4 The Duomo — Santa Maria del Fiore
- 5 The Baptistery of San Giovanni — The Gates of Paradise
- 6 Orsanmichele
- 7 Il Porcellino — Mercato Nuovo
- 8 Piazza della Signoria
- 9 Palazzo Vecchio
- 10 The Uffizi Gallery
- 11 Ponte Vecchio
- 12 The Reveal
Hear the full story at The Duomo — Santa Maria del Fiore
This is just one of 12 stops on the Florence in a Mile tour. Download the app, put in your headphones, and experience it for real.
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