This image released by the Opera di Santa Maria del Fiore on Thursday, May 23, 2024, shows a terracotta portrait of Florence landmark cathedral's architect Filippo Brunelleschi dating back to the ...

The city’s leaders wanted the cathedral to be a sign of Florence’s magnificence, and they hoped the cathedral’s Duomo (or dome) would be the world’s largest.

MILAN (AP) — A previously unknown terracotta bust of the famed early Renaissance architect who designed the Florence Cathedral dome was unveiled Thursday in the Tuscan capital, where it will be ...