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1 " The Black Death was a faithful visitor to Florence. It arrived, on average, once every ten years, always in the summer. "
― Ross King , Brunelleschi's Dome: How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture
2 " Many experts considered its erection an impossible feat. "
3 " On August 19, 1418, a competition was announced in Florence, where the city's magnificent new cathedral, Santa Maria del Fiore, had been under construction for more than a century "
4 " Buttresses were one of the prime structural features of Gothic architecture: by accommodating the thrust of the vaults transferred to them from strategic points, they allowed for walls pierced by a multitude of windows to rise to spectacular heights, filling the church with heavenly light—the aspiration of all Gothic builders. "
