Florence Cathedral: Then and Now
Santa Maria del Fiore, begun in 1296; Brunelleschi's dome, finished in 1436, was the largest built since antiquity.
Today
Key facts
| Country today | Italy |
| Status | Standing |
| Date | 1436 |
| Nearest city on the map | Ravenna (about 104 km) |
| Location | 43.773° N, 11.256° E |
Florence CathedralOpen Florence Cathedral in the interactive map
Who ruled this place
Derived from the border maps; each row runs until the next recorded border change.
| Period | State |
|---|---|
| 500 BC–324 BC | Etruscans |
| 323 BC–201 BC | Greek city-states |
| 200 BC–101 BC | Rome |
| 100 BC–2 BC | Roman Republic |
| 1 BC–299 | Roman Empire |
| 300–399 | Rome (Maximian) |
| 400–499 | Western Roman Empire |
| 500–599 | Ostrogoths |
| 600–799 | Lombard principalities |
| 800–999 | Carolingian Empire |
| 1000–1599 | Holy Roman Empire |
| 1600–1649 | Florence |
| 1650–1879 | Tuscany |
| 1880–1913 | Italy |
| 1914–1919 | Kingdom of Italy |
| 1920–today | Italy |
Other landmarks nearby
Leaning Tower of PisaStanding · 1372
St Mark's BasilicaStanding · 1092
St. Peter's BasilicaRebuilt · 1626
PantheonStanding · AD 125
ColosseumRuins · AD 80
Diocletian's PalaceRuins · AD 305