Giotto's Campanile
Florence, Italy
Exterior only
Visible from the street; the inside is private.
Giotto's Campanile is a free-standing bell tower on the Piazza del Duomo in Florence, Italy, forming part of the Florence Cathedral complex beside the Basilica of Santa Maria del Fiore and the Baptistry of St. John. Designed in the Florentine Gothic style by Giotto, it is noted for its polychrome marble encrustations and rich sculptural decoration. Square in plan, it rises 84.7 metres in five horizontal stages, with polygonal buttresses at each corner.
Movement
- Built
- Type
- tower, bell tower
- Heritage
- Italian national heritage
- Height
- 84.7 m
- Place
- Florence, Italy
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