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Essential Architecture- Florence S. Maria degli Angeli |
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architect |
Filippo Brunelleschi |
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location |
Florence, Italy |
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date |
1434 to 1437 |
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style |
Italian Rennaisance |
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construction |
masonry Round plan. |
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Church |
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| In this street was formerly one of the most considerable monasteries of Florence, known as the Sta. Maria degli Angeli: the roughly-hewn wall at the corner is the remains of an unfinished building designed by Brunelleschi, with the intention of enlarging the church; from its octagon form, resembling a fortress or castle, it has obtained the name of the Castellaccio, or the ugly castle. The monastery was founded about 1293 by a certain Fra Guittone, of Arezzo, assisted by Don Frediano, the prior of the Calmaldolese monastery in the Casentino. | |
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| www.essential-architecture.com | |