Piazza Santa Croce vs Duomo - Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore
Both Duomo - Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore and Piazza Santa Croce are highly recommended by reviewers writing for major publications. On balance, Duomo - Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore scores significantly better than Piazza Santa Croce. Duomo - Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore ranks #1 in Florence with endorsements from 8 sources including Condé Nast Traveler, Fodor's and Afar Magazine.
Piazza Santa Croce
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Piazza Santa Croce, Florence, Italy
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Fodor's
"Originally outside the city's 12th-century walls, this piazza grew with the Franciscans, who used the large square for public preaching."
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Frommer's
"The Gothic interior is vast, with huge, pointed stone arches creating the aisles and an echoing nave trussed with wood beams, in all feeling vaguely barnlike."
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Afar Magazine
"Standing in the Piazza Santa Croce, a statue of Dante looms over the square from the corner."
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Michelin Guide
2 Stars
"One of Florence's oldest and most dignified squares."
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Travel + Leisure
"Another monastery stuffed to the gills with great art and great Italians. Michelangelo, Machiavelli, and Galileo are amongst the people buried here"
Florence Travel Guide
July 7, 2021
Duomo - Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore
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via della Canonica, 1, Piazza del Duomo, 50122 Florence
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Fodor's
"In 1296 Arnolfo di Cambio (circa 1245–circa 1310) was commissioned to build "the loftiest, most sumptuous edifice human invention could devise" in the Romanesque style."
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Concierge
"Building began in the 1290s under the direction of Arnolfo Di Cambio, and the structure was designed to supersede all other churches in size and sheer magnificence."
Travel + Leisure
"You get to glimpse up close some of the innovative engineering techniques that genius architect Brunelleschi used to create what was, in 1436, the largest dome in history."
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Michelin Guide
3 Stars
"The insoluble problem of the dome was solved with genius by Brunelleschi in 1420."
Condé Nast Traveler
Editor's Pick
"To visit is to be awed."
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