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| Essential Architecture- Florence S. Maria degli Angeli | |
architect | Filippo Brunelleschi |
location | Florence, Italy |
date | 1434 to 1437 |
style | Italian Rennaisance |
construction | masonry Round plan. |
type | 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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