Santa Maria del Fiore - The Unbuildable Dome

Discover how Florence’s most iconic cathedral became the birthplace of Renaissance architecture, and how Filippo Brunelleschi solved a 45-meter-wide engineering mystery no one else could. This episode explores the political ambition, civic pride, and human genius behind the construction of the world’s largest masonry dome, completed in 1434. From medieval beginnings to Renaissance triumph, it's the story of how one structure reshaped architecture forever.

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